Lyrics
Verse 1
Oh Lord set my life in honor
For you, I wanna your word
I wanna know your ways
Chorus
Oh Lord set my heart on fire
I wanna burn for you
Verse 1 (Repeat)
Oh Lord set my life in honor
For you, for you
Chorus (Repeat)
Oh Lord set my heart on fire
Let me burn for you
Let me burn for you oh Lord
Chorus (Repeat)
Oh Lord set my heart on fire
I wanna burn for you
Let me burn, for you
Verse 2
Oh Lord set my life in honor
For you, for you
Let me burn for you
Bridge
I wanna know your heart
I wanna know your ways
That is my prayer
I wanna walk like you
I wanna talk like you
I wanna think like you
I want to be like you
Spoken
That is when life makes sense
I don't see what else to pray for
If am not aligned
If my life is not in order I don't know what else I am looking for. IF I am not running for Jesus, I don't know what I'm running for. I don't know the loss of flesh that I'm burning for, if not for Jesus...
when they see me they see Jesus
Let me burn for
Chorus (Repeat)
Oh Lord set my heart on fire
I wanna burn for you
Let me burn, for you
Verse 2 (Repeat)
Oh Lord set my life in honor
For you, for you
Let me burn for you
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
“On Fire” by Victoria Orenze is a prayer for consecration. The singer asks the Lord to set life in honor and to set the heart on fire, repeating “I wanna burn for you” until it becomes an offering. The prayer includes a wish to know God’s heart and ways, and it describes what that looks like: to walk like Him, talk like Him, and think like Him.
A spoken section explains the motive. Life makes sense only when it is aligned and in order, and the speaker says that if the running is not for Jesus, there is nothing to run for, and that any loss of the flesh is worth it only for Him. The hope is that “when they see me they see Jesus.”
The imagery of burning is close to Jeremiah 20:9, Romans 12:1 and Galatians 2:20. The song is simple and repetitive, built around the prayer to be fully given to God.
Related Scripture
- Romans 12:1 Offering oneself as a living sacrifice
- Jeremiah 20:9 A fire shut up in the bones
- Galatians 2:20 Christ living in the believer