Won't You Lord, take a look at our hands?
Everything we have use it for Your plans
Won't You Lord, take a look at our hearts?
Mould it, refine it, as You set us apart

We want to run to the altar and catch the fire
To stand in the gap between the living and the dead
Give us a heart of compassion for a world without vision
We will make a difference
bringing hope to our land

We will answer the call
To build this church without walls
Let Your glory be shown
Bring salvation to the lost


The History:


This song was written after Pastor Bill Wilson, a sunday school preacher, came to singapore to share obout his children church ministry in Brooklyn, USA. His message's main theme was talking about "making a difference". He shared from Numbers 16.

The people of Israel was rebelling against the leadership of Moses and Aaron. So God wants to destroy the rebellious people, despite attempts by Moses to appease God. When God began to send a plague to destroy the people, Moses instructed Aaron to take a censer and run to the altar to get the incense lighted by fire, and then run to the congregation (who are being plagued) to make an atonement for them.

As Aaron ran to the altar, caught the fire onto the incense and ran to "catch" up with the plague, where he stood with that offering, "between the living and the dead" (Num 16:48), the plague stop.

The story tells us that just one person (in the case above, Aaron), is enough to make a difference in many people's life. We need to go to the altar and "catch the fire", just as Aaron did, and stand in between the lost, the people who are in need, and intercede for them before God.