Delana Hope - Turning Around Lyrics
Lyrics
Here are the lyrics to the song "Turning It Around":
(Verse 1) I've been walking through the valley Where the shadows wouldn't lift I've been crying out to heaven Lord, I need a holy shift Every door has been shut tight Every dream looked like it died But something in my spirit Said, "Don't you give up this fight"
(Pre-Chorus) I hear a rumbling in the distance Something moving in the deep What was buried in the darkness God is calling it to breathe Hold on, hold on Your season's about to break
(Chorus) God is turning it around What the enemy stole, He's bringing it back down Every chain that had you bound He's breaking right now, breaking right now The grave couldn't hold Him And it won't hold your blessing Lift your hands if you believe God is turning it around
(Verse 2) To the one who's been forgotten By the ones who should have stayed To the one who gave their best And still watched their harvest fade Heaven has been watching Every tear upon your face And what looked like your ending Is just the start of God's amazing grace
(Pre-Chorus) I hear a rumbling in the distance Something shifting in the air The God who split the Red Sea wide Is still performing wonders there Hold on, hold on Your breakthrough's almost here
(Chorus) God is turning it around What the enemy stole, He's bringing it back down Every chain that had you bound He's breaking right now, breaking right now The grave couldn't hold Him And it won't hold your blessing Lift your hands if you believe God is turning it around
(Bridge) This is your word tonight You have not been forgotten You have not been forsaken That thing you buried in tears God is raising it up again It's not over No, it's not over The same God who called Lazarus out of the tomb Is calling your situation out of the grave Right in this place
(Outro) God is turning it around What the enemy stole, He's bringing it back down Every chain that had you bound He's breaking right now It won't hold your blessing Lift your hands, give Him glory He'll turn it around for Abraham Turn it around for Hannah He'll turn it around for Job He'll turn it around for you
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Turning Around | Delana Hope
Meaning & Inspiration
When Delana Hope sings, "The grave couldn't hold Him / And it won't hold your blessing," she is walking a fine line. It is a bold, perhaps even dangerous, rhetorical move. As a student of the creeds, I find my guard immediately go up when a song attempts to map the mechanics of the Resurrection directly onto the personal circumstances of the listener.
The resurrection of Christ is a historical, physical event—the cornerstone of our justification. To suggest that a "blessing" or a buried dream shares the same ontological status as the physical body of Christ exiting the tomb risks a category error. If we are not careful, we turn the miracle of the empty tomb into a mere metaphor for our own personal recovery.
Yet, as I sit with the lyric, I am forced to contend with the frustration of the human condition. We are people of the Resurrection, living in a world still defined by the effects of the Fall. We know that in Christ, we have been raised to "newness of life" (Romans 6:4). If we are truly united to Him, then the logic of the tomb—which dictates that death is final—no longer governs our existence. Hope’s lyric, while audacious, leans into the promise that because the grave failed to contain the Author of Life, the believer is no longer strictly bound by the "grave-like" realities of despair or lost dreams.
The weightiness of this depends entirely on whether we define "blessing" as material restoration or as the ultimate restoration of the Imago Dei in us. If we mean the former, we are flirting with a prosperity gospel that is theologically thin. If we mean the latter—that God is actively reclaiming what the enemy attempted to destroy in our very souls—then the song touches on the doctrine of redemption. We were meant to bear His image; sin and suffering sought to strip that away. When God "turns it around," He is not merely giving us back what we lost; He is re-ordering our brokenness into a state where His grace is more visible than it was before.
Later, Hope invokes Lazarus. It’s a classic image, but one that demands a sober look at the text of John 11. Lazarus was called out of the grave, yes, but he was called out to walk back into a world that would eventually kill him again. His return was a sign, not a permanent exemption from mortality.
I find myself wondering if we are prepared to sing these words when the "turnaround" doesn't arrive as a return of the lost harvest, but as the quiet, iron-clad endurance of a believer who finds God sufficient even in the tomb. There is a tension here: the song promises a sudden shift, but the Christian life is often one of long, agonizing waiting. Perhaps the "turning" isn't just about what happens to our circumstances, but what happens to us while we remain in the valley. The theology of the Cross reminds us that sometimes, God’s greatest works are performed not by removing the tomb, but by meeting us inside it.