Covenant of Call—Lyrics
Bodi-wan
Copyright 2003-2021, Bodi-wan/David Hodge
[Editorial note: this song is my testimony song. I was saved at age 9 but my growth was largely stagnant until my high school years where I had some bursts of growth but I was still heavily influenced by secular humanist/naturalistic religions (which is a type of pantheistic paganism) through state education in my local schools. My knowledge of Christianity and the Bible was rather minimal (I heard gospel sermons and Bible stories over and over again). I had no apologetics or answers for the world that was attacking me from every direction. I even struggled to live as I should—in both walk and talk. Through a secular college, I still didn’t have much growth…until I found answers that plagued me when I was teaching engineering at the university. Then I had immense growth in my faith to then share those answers too. The Lord grew me in ways that I never expected—to Him be the glory!]
As a child, when I was small
Peace and light were all in all
“God is great” and “God is good”
Always doing what I should
And then I fell
Rushing the world as I recall,
I was silencing the call to save my soul
Running with the devil
Unknown to myself
No one I could turn to, no one who would care
I was calling out in darkness
But no one would hear
My dimming soul was fading
Into the night
Viscous hatred spewing from my bones
Wishing to God that I had never been born
Where is Your purpose,
Sent from above
Why am I cursed to live without love
Then I felt a touch of light
and I saw a glimpse of sight
Knowing I’d been deceived
It was then that I believed
And then I tried
Pushing the boundaries as I walked the walk
Crying for out in prayer as I stumbled in talk
Looking to the past, as I…
Wanted it back
Trying ever harder as I walk the line
Being pulled in all directions of Satan’s sign
Watching my back
Ticking in time
Now a “Covenant of Call” that I won’t neglect
Open to the light and a new elect
Facing all my fears with a steadying mind
No longer in the darkness
No longer blind
Then I felt a touch of light
And I saw a glimpse of sight
Knowing them I’d been deceived
It was then that I believed
And then “He rose”
Seeing the “Kingdom of Enlightened Souls”
Piercing evil and the sacred woes
What you did to me simply
Made me grow
Demons I will go against your evil ways
I will steal those from your grip
Every single day
I won’t leave my God like
You left yours
Now a “Covenant of Call” that I won’t neglect
Open to the light and a new elect
Facing all my fears with a steady mind
No longer in the darkness
No longer blind
