I'm Gonna Keep on

The Gaither Vocal Band's “I'm Gonna Keep On” is an upbeat country gospel song about staying with one answer. It opens with the question people have always asked: “It's as old as the Bible, the folks, they keep on searching, they're discouraged, downhearted and worried 'bout their destiny.” The singer has stopped asking, because “I found Jesus, and let me tell you, brother, that's enough for me.”

The chorus is a list of commitments. “I'm gonna keep on singing and telling folks about Jesus, I'm gonna keep on writing mainly in the major keys, I'm gonna keep on loving and pointing folks to Calvary.” The second verse takes on current worries, with people who are “frightened about the future of our country” and ask about “the market or the economy.” His reply is that he has a pilot “who has weathered every storm that ever happened,” and if he sees the little sparrow, he will see us too.

Singing a new song is Psalm 40:3. The sparrow is Matthew 10:29-31, and telling folks about Jesus without shame is Romans 1:16.