
Purify
Words and Music by Huiting Ng, Josh Yeoh, and Zhengxin Lam.
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But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do. (1 Peter 1:15)
This song was birthed in March 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic first struck. I wondered, “What was God doing in the midst of all this? How is His hand moving, even in this chaos?” I felt that the Lord was issuing an awakening call to His people - to acknowledge and revere Him as Sovereign Lord. We are often familiar with God as Lover, Father, Friend; this moment of history reminds us that He is also the God to be revered.
- Huiting Ng
Lyrics
VERSE 1
Mercy
You’ve shown me mercy
It’s Your blood that rescued me
Kindness
You’ve poured out kindness
While we were enemies
PRE-CHORUS
Show me how to walk in Your ways
Put in me the fear of Your name
CHORUS
The fire of God
The flame of Love
Purify my heart on the altar
I’ll bring my life
A sacrifice
Only for You, God
I surrender
VERSE 2
Holy
Come make me holy
I want to be like You
Glory
Show me Your glory
You’ve torn the veil in two
BRIDGE
Refine me
Make me holy
Purify me
With the fire in Your eyes
“Show me how to walk in Your ways / put in me the fear of Your name.”
This line from the song, taken from Psalm 86:11, is a prayer - that God will give us a holy fear that spurs us to lead lives that are tested by fire and purified for His delight.