Abraham H. - Moving From Grace to Grace Lyrics
Lyrics
I've been praying all this season Building my faith up in strength Moving from grace to grace From height to height Spreading His word out in hope I'll be doing this for a while Trusting the plan for my life 'Cause where I'm from no rest But God still covers me (yeah) They said I was nothing and broken But He put songs in my eyes Fire in my bones Holy Ghost running in my head
Verse 2 I was chasing after things that never satisfied Building up my kingdom, empty walls inside But You showed me treasures rust could never claim Now my hope is anchored in Jesus’ name
Pre-Chorus When I was lost, You made a way Turned my night into Your day
Chorus And so it goes, Your love keeps flowing River of grace that keeps me going Through every high and every low You never change, and so it goes Your word stands firm, my heart now knows You are the way, and so it goes
Bridge From the cross to the empty grave You proved the power of the One who saves Now I’m living in the light of truth All my days belong to You
Final Chorus
I've been praying all this season Building my faith up in strength Moving from grace to grace From height to height Spreading His word out in hope I'll be doing this for a while Trusting the plan for my life 'Cause where I'm from no rest But God still covers me (yeah) They said I was nothing and broken But He put songs in my eyes Fire in my bones Holy Ghost running in my head
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Abraham H- Moving From Grace To Grace (Feat. LORA HELENA[ Lyrics]
Meaning & Inspiration
Abraham H. talks about moving "from grace to grace, from height to height." It sounds good on a Sunday morning when the lights are dim and the coffee is still warm. It’s the kind of language that fits perfectly on a bumper sticker. But I’m standing here in the back of the room, thinking about the guy who just got his termination notice via email on a Tuesday, or the woman sitting in a silent house three months after the funeral. When your life is currently sitting at "low" instead of "height," lines like that can feel like a jagged pill. Is grace only moving us upward? Does it only count if we’re climbing?
The gospel shouldn’t be a ladder we scale to prove we’re doing okay. If we treat the Christian life as a steady ascent, we’re setting ourselves up for a crash the moment gravity kicks back in.
I’m more interested in the line where he mentions "chasing after things that never satisfied / Building up my kingdom, empty walls inside." That’s the real stuff. That’s the grit. We’ve all spent years acting as amateur architects, trying to build a fortress out of career milestones and social validation, only to find the drywall is paper-thin and the foundation is sand.
There’s a tension there—a recognition that the "empty walls" were real. If we don’t own that, the "treasure that rust cannot claim" is just another abstraction. It’s like Matthew 6:19-21. It’s not just a nice thought; it’s a terrifying reality check. It forces you to look at the wreckage of your own ambition and ask what’s actually left when the fire burns through the exterior.
Abraham H. claims his hope is "anchored in Jesus’ name." I want to believe that. I need to believe that. But "anchored" implies there’s a storm. A ship in a harbor doesn't need an anchor; it needs one when the waves are high enough to snap the mast. If we’re being honest, most of us are just trying to keep from drifting into the rocks.
I’m left wondering if the "fire in my bones" he describes is meant to keep us warm, or if it’s supposed to burn away the parts of us that keep trying to build our own kingdoms. Maybe the "height" isn't a success story after all. Maybe it’s just the vantage point you get after you’ve finally stopped trying to build everything yourself.
I’m not entirely sold on the "so it goes" refrain—it feels a bit too easy, a bit too dismissive of the struggle—but I’m listening. If God covers us when we’re broken, that’s better than a height. That’s a floor to stand on when everything else has collapsed. I’d rather have a floor that holds than a ladder that ends in thin air.