Lyrics
For freedom sake, You gave Your Son to die
Adopted us, from darkness into light
And now I'm safe, within Your loving arms
And I can hear, the yearning of Your heart
For the lost, it beats, it beats,
We can hear it calling
Make our hearts, beat and beat and beat
For those sons and daughters
For the lost, it beats, it beats
We can hear it calling
Make our hearts, beat and beat and beat
And beat with You
The orphaned and abandoned find a home
The widow has a place before Your throne
For strong and deep and uncontainable
Is Your heart of love that beats for all the world
For the lost, it beats, it beats,
We can hear it calling
Make our hearts, beat and beat and beat
For those sons and daughters
For the lost, it beats, it beats
We can hear it calling
Make our hearts, beat and beat and beat
And beat with You
For the lost, it beats, it beats,
We can hear it calling
Make our hearts, beat and beat and beat
For those sons and daughters
For the lost, it beats, it beats
We can hear it calling
Make our hearts, beat and beat and beat
And beat with You
Make our hearts beat
Make our hearts beat with You
Make our hearts beat
Make our hearts beat with You
Make our hearts beat
Make our hearts beat with You
Make our hearts beat
Make our hearts beat with You
Siyayizwa inhliziyo, inhliziyo yakho
Siyayizwa inhliziyo, inhliziyo yakho
Siyayizwa inhliziyo, inhliziyo yakho
Siyayizwa inhliziyo, inhliziyo yakho
For the lost, it beats, it beats,
We can hear it calling
Make our hearts, beat and beat and beat
For those sons and daughters
For the lost, it beats, it beats
We can hear it calling
Make our hearts, beat and beat and beat
And beat with You
Make our hearts beat and beat and beat
And beat with You
Make our hearts beat and beat and beat
And beat with You
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Meaning & Inspiration
The Beat connects the saving work of Christ with concern for people who are lost, orphaned, widowed, or abandoned. It begins with the Son given for freedom and adoption from darkness into light, then turns that grace outward. Divine love is pictured as a steady beat calling the church to share Gods concern for sons and daughters who still need a home. The repeated request for human hearts to beat with God makes compassion inseparable from worship.
Several biblical themes meet in the lyric. Jesus describes his mission as seeking and saving the lost, while James identifies care for orphans and widows as an essential expression of faithful religion. The language of adoption also recalls the New Testament teaching that belonging to God is received through Christ. By repeating the call in English and isiZulu, the song gives its mission a communal and cross-cultural character. Salvation leads toward mercy, welcome, and active concern for people at the margins.
Related Scripture
- Luke 19:10 Jesus says that the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.
- James 1:27 James identifies care for orphans and widows in distress as part of faithful religion.
- Ephesians 1:5 Paul describes adoption into Gods family through Jesus Christ.