Lyrics
Chorus (x2)
This year Lord You go ahead of me
This year You are aligning everything
This year things are falling in place for me
This year o the land(Nigeria) will shield for me
So I walk in all God has for me
I recover everything
I walk in total Victory
Because Christ paid, He paid for me
Outro
I no go fear oh, I go no fear
Because Christ paid for me
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
“This Year (I No Go Fear)” by Victoria Orenze is a declaration for a new year, sung with confidence in God’s leading. The repeated lines say that the Lord goes ahead of the singer, aligns everything, and makes things fall into place, and that the land will be favorable too. The singer then claims a settled walk: recovering everything and living in total victory.
The ground for that confidence is stated plainly in the refrain, “Because Christ paid, He paid for me.” The promise of God going ahead is close to Isaiah 45:2, where the Lord says He will go before His servant and level the rough places. The line about recovering everything echoes David’s question and answer in 1 Samuel 30:8, and the payment language recalls 1 Peter 1:18-19, which speaks of redemption through the blood of Christ.
The closing line in Nigerian Pidgin, “I no go fear,” turns the whole lyric into a refusal of anxiety. The song’s message is trust that Christ’s finished work covers the year ahead.
Related Scripture
- Isaiah 45:2 The Lord going ahead and making the way level
- 1 Samuel 30:8 Pursue, overtake, and recover all
- 1 Peter 1:18-19 Redeemed by the precious blood of Christ