Lyrics
Chorus (x2)
This is the day of new beginnings
The old is passing
Change is coming by Your Spirit
It's a new season of revealing
Your word is true and You will never ever fail
Your presence will lead us
Verse
Always providing in the desert
And filling our souls with living water
Lighting the night with holy fire
You're turning dead ends into doorways
Always providing in the desert
And filling our souls with living water
Lighting the night with holy fire
You're turning dead ends into doorways
Chorus (x2)
This is the day of new beginnings
The old is passing
Change is coming by Your Spirit
It's a new season of revealing
Your word is true and You will never ever fail
Your presence will lead us
Bridge (x4)
He's never failed me yet
He's never failed me yet
My heart and my soul confess
God is my confidence
He's never failed me yet
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
This song celebrates change that comes by the Spirit, opening with "This is the day of new beginnings" and "The old is passing". The phrase recalls 2 Corinthians 5:17, which speaks of old things passing away in Christ, and the call to a time of revealing fits Isaiah 43:19, where God says He is doing a new thing.
The verse pictures God as always providing in the desert, filling souls with living water, lighting the night with holy fire and turning dead ends into doorways. Those images draw on wilderness and water language found in Isaiah 43 and John 4, though the lyric does not name those passages.
The closing section shifts to personal testimony, repeating "He's never failed me yet" and stating that "God is my confidence". The song moves from a declaration about coming change to a steady claim about the faithfulness of God.
Related Scripture
- Isaiah 43:19 God promises to do a new thing and make a way in the wilderness.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 In Christ the old has passed away and the new has come.