Jeremy Riddle + Bethel Music - Glory To Glory Lyrics

Lyrics

Created from dust

You came and You lived among us

You took on our frame, You walked in our pain

And now You're taking us higher

You stepped into time

You laid down Your life to save us

You took all our shame

On the cross it was laid

And now You're taking us higher

We go from glory to glory to glory

We'll never be the same, we'll never be the same

We go from glory to glory to glory

We're forever changed, forever changed

You call me a friend

Brought into Your endless kingdom

By the blood I was made, no longer a slave

And now You're taking us higher

We go from glory to glory to glory

We'll never be the same, we'll never be the same

We go from glory to glory to glory

We're forever changed, forever changed

Until we reach that day

Love conquers everything

We'll cry an anthem singing

Holy, holy

And when we see that day

We're standing face to face

We'll shout an anthem singing

Holy, holy

Until we reach that day

Love conquers everything

We'll cry an anthem singing

Holy, holy

And when we see that day

We're standing face to face

We'll shout an anthem singing

Holy, holy

You took on the grave

So not even death can shake us

The victor has won

And Heaven has come

Now You're taking us higher

And now You're taking us higher

We go from glory to glory to glory

We'll never be the same, never be the same

You take us higher and higher and higher

We're forever changed, we're forever changed

We go from glory to glory to glory

We'll never be the same, never be the same

You take us higher and higher and higher

We're forever changed, we're forever changed

We go from glory to glory to glory

You take us higher and higher and higher

We're forever changed, forever changed

You're lifting us higher

We'll never be the same

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Glory to Glory - Jeremy Riddle | Bethel Music

Meaning & Inspiration

It’s funny, I’ve been sitting here thinking about that phrase, from glory to glory. It’s right there in 2 Corinthians, isn’t it? Paul talking about how we behold the Lord's face like in a mirror and get changed bit by bit. It makes sense, that movement—dust to divine life. When the song mentions being brought from being a slave to being a friend, it hits that same chord in John 15. I keep turning that over in my head. Are we really just being lifted higher and higher? Sometimes it feels more like I’m stumbling through a desert, not climbing some upward slope of constant glory.

But then I think about the cross, the way the lyrics put it—taking on our frame, walking in our pain. That’s solid. That’s the Incarnation. It’s hard to argue with the idea that we’re forever changed if we actually believe the blood worked the way the writers say it did. If death really doesn't have a hold on us anymore, then the trajectory of a believer’s life shouldn't just be static, right? There has to be some kind of transformation. It’s just... does "glory to glory" mean we’re becoming better versions of ourselves, or does it mean we’re just being emptied out more so He can fill the space? I’m not sure the song clarifies that, or if it even needs to.

The part about standing face to face—that’s the real finish line. It feels right to end on the "Holy, holy" bit, just like Revelation describes. It brings the focus back to Him instead of our own upward motion. I keep wondering if I’m missing the point by looking for the "higher" feeling, or if the "higher" is just knowing Him a little more clearly each day, even when life feels like the exact opposite of glorious. It’s a strange thing to sing about being changed when I feel the same old struggles, but maybe that’s the tension—the "already but not yet" of it all. It makes me question if I’m waiting for a feeling or if I’m just resting in a finished work that’s already been done.