Lyrics
When I look into Your holiness
When I gaze into Your loveliness
Your loveliness
When all things that surround become shadows
In the light of You
In the light of You
When I've found the joy of reaching Your heart
When my will becomes enthroned in Your love
When all things that surround become shadows
In the light of You
Light of You
I worship You I worship You
I worship You worship You
The reason I live is to worship You
I worship You
I worship You (You are my God)
I worship You
The reason I live is to worship You
When I look into Your holiness
When I gaze into Your loveliness
Your loveliness
When all things that surround become shadows
In the light of You
In the light of You
In the light of You
When I've found the joy of reaching Your heart
Reaching Your heart
When my will becomes enthroned in Your love
When all things that surround become shadows
In the light of You
It's the reason that I live
I worship You I worship You
I worship You
The reason I live is to worship You
I worship of You with all my heart
I worship You worship You
The reason I live is to worship You
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Meaning & Inspiration
"When I Look Into Your Holiness" locates worship in an act of attention rather than obligation, describing what happens when the singer actually looks — holiness and loveliness are seen clearly enough that everything else becomes "shadows in the light of You." That image treats God's presence as brighter than competing concerns rather than merely more important than them, a difference the song leans on instead of stating outright.
The second verse shifts from seeing to belonging, describing the will as "enthroned" in God's love, a small but deliberate reversal of the more expected image of God being enthroned in the worshiper's heart. That reversal suggests surrender rather than possession: the singer's will finds its seat inside God's love, not the other way around. The chorus reduces the whole song to a single confessed purpose, that the reason to live is to worship, repeated until it reads less like a lyric and more like a settled answer to the question of why the singer exists at all.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 29:2 Worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness, matching the song's repeated declaration of worship in response to His holiness.
- Psalm 36:9 In God's light we see light, echoed in the recurring line about all else becoming shadow in the light of Him.