He Has Come – Song Story
It has been a lot of work and almost a year (CRAZY!), but the first single off of the EP is finally out! And I am even more excited that I get to give it out for free!
A little bit of story behind the song – One of my favorite passages in Isaiah is Chapter 61:
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound… To comfort those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness.”
At one point during a message that my Senior Pastor, Robert Morris, was preaching, he started talking about the fact that “He(Christ) has come”, and that phrase just stuck with me. I begin to realize the power that those words had over every situation of my life and anyone else’s. We all go through stuff – marriages falling apart, death, depression, pain, etc. The list goes on and on! But the answer to every single one of those problems is the truth that Christ has come! End of story! He has taken our sin dead lives, our pain, our hurt, our tears, our failures, and He has exchanged it all for beauty and joy and peace and every good thing!
The purpose of this song is to convey the truth that God has come to redeem what the enemy made counterfeit. All we have to do is walk in the truth that it is finished, Christ has indeed come, and we now walk maybe through the storm, but not in it! No, we walk in the assurance of Christ and His love and peace through every situation and circumstance. The most marvelous and beautiful thing that could have ever happened to us is that HE HAS COME!!
And we are left with this promise from Isaiah:
“And they shall rebuild the old ruins, They shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the ruined cities and the desolations of many generations… So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations!”
You can download the song “He Has Come” at promo.mattbirkenfeld.com
Matt Birkenfeld 