Under Arrest

This week I bought a new EP by Bryan and Katie Torwalt called “Praise Before My Breakthrough.”   I highly recommend getting it in whatever form of media you listen to music these days!

All of the songs are so so good, but one in particular has been speaking deep to my soul.  I don’t know about you, but God tends to always give me a song for my season.  I can hear certain songs and it takes me back to a season of God’s faithfulness and provision in my life.  For me, so many songs tend to be a direct line of communication between me and the Lord.

I’ve recently been in a season where I have so many things stirring up inside of me, but there’s so much unknown about how things are going to come to pass.  It all feels so much bigger than me. It’s scary. It’s humbling. It’s risky. It’s taking every ounce of faith I have not to let doubt and fear take over.

So when I bought this EP this week and I listened to the song “Prophesy Your Promise” I immediately knew this was going to be my song for this season.  Check out these Lyrics.

Prophesy Your Promise

Bryan & Katie Torwalt

[Verse 1: Katie Torwalt]
I found You in the middle of my mess
You had been there all along
Open arms and open heart, You called me in
You didn’t hesitate at all

[Pre-Chorus: Katie Torwalt]
And the lies I once believed, they crumble
With the weight of Your truth
And the fear that gripped my heart, is arrested
So that I can see You

[Chorus: Bryan Torwalt & Katie Torwalt]
When I only see in part
I will prophesy Your promise
I believe You, God
‘Cause You finish what You start
I will trust You in the process
I believe You, God

[Verse 2: Bryan Torwalt & Katie Torwalt]
You set a table in the middle of my war
You knew the outcome of it all
When what I faced looked like it would never end
You said, watch the giants fall

[Pre-Chorus: Bryan Torwalt & Katie Torwalt]
And the lies I once believed, they crumble
At the weight of Your truth
And the fear that gripped my heart, is arrested
So that I can see You

[Chorus: Bryan Torwalt & Katie Torwalt]
And when I only see in part
I will prophesy Your promise
I believe You, God
‘Cause You finish what You start
I will trust You in the process
I believe You, God
And when I only see in part
I will prophesy Your promise
I believe You, God
‘Cause You finish what You start
I will trust You in the process
I believe You, God

[Bridge: Bryan Torwalt & Katie Torwalt]
Fear can go to hell
Shame can go there too
I know whose I am
I belong to You
And fear can go to hell
Shame can go there too
I know whose I am
I belong to You
I belong

This.

And the fear that gripped my heart, is arrested…So that I can see You

This line gets me every.single.time.  Every time I hear those words being sung I get a vision of all of my fears in a jail cell and me walking away free.
What is it in your life that you need to arrest and send away? Fear is under arrest. Shame is under arrest. Insecurity is under arrest. Tell whatever it is that keeps creeping it’s way back into your heart and mind this:

Fear (or whatever it is for you):  You are under arrest. You will forever remain silent. You are being charged with a life sentence, no parol.

Use the authority you have in the name of Jesus to send your fears, shame, doubt, insecurity, etc. to hell for good!  When those things have been arrested, when they’re gone, you can see Jesus in a much clearer, so much more beautiful way.

Oh…and do yourself a favor. Go listen to this song!