John Redmon - Higher Ground Lyrics

HIGHER GROUND (Lyrics)

Keep pressing on the upward way
New heights you're gaining every day
Still praying as you onward bound
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground

Your heart should have no desire to stay
Where doubts arise and fears dismay
Though some may dwell
Where those abound
Our prayer, our aim, is on higher ground

So Lord, lift me up, and let me stand
By faith on heaven's tableland
A higher plane than I have found
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground

I'm going to live above the world
Though Satan's darts at me are hurled
For faith has caught a joyful sound
The song of saints it's on higher ground

So Lord, lift me up, and let me stand
By faith on heaven's tableland
A higher plane than I have found
And I've made up in my mind
If my mother won't go
Gonna journey on
My father won't go
Gonna journey on
My sisters won't go
Gonna journey on
My brother's won't go
Gonna journey on
My whole family won't go
Gonna journey on
My whole church won't go
Gonna journey on
If my pastor turns around
Gonna journey on
If your husband has left you
Your kids have all moved out
Your body is wracked with pain
And nobody will call ya
Nobody will come see ya
Nobody will come visit ya
Then say this with me

Still pressing my way
Each and every day
Gonna hang on in there
Through my trials
Through my storm and my rain
I've got everything to gain
So i'm gonna move on press on
In my Father's name

Through my ups and my downs
With Satan all around
Lord keep me planted on higher ground
Through my storm and my rain
I've got everything to gain
So i'm gonna move on press on
In my Jesus' name

I've got love
Now i've got love
For my enemies
I'm going higher
I'm learning to forgive and to forget
Means I'm going higher
I've got more faith in God's word
That means I'm growing and I'm going
In my worship in my song
In my praise that sometimes lasts
All night long

The song of saints
On this earth cannot be found
But it's found on higher ground