You Are My Hiding Place

JPCC Worship's “You Are My Hiding Place” is a worship song that begins by contrasting God's great power with his personal care. He can breathe the stars into being and quiet raging storms, walk on the ocean, part the sea and halt the sun, yet he formed the singer, called her by name and hears every cry.

The first chorus is a surrender to the Savior of the soul. It lets the weak say they are strong, calls God a refuge and a song, and promises to trust in him for all the days, casting off fears and doubts. The refrain repeats that God is the hiding place and that the singer will not fear. The second verse speaks to broken steps and broken hearts, saying that God is mending every part and that she is safe and covered by grace. Only his light could turn darkness into dawn, and by his blood death has lost and love has won. The bridge repeats the surrender, with only him. The Indonesian worship team gives the song a bright, wide arrangement that builds over several minutes, and a congregation can follow the simple lines without strain. It suits a time of prayer for those in a hard season, a service on trust and a private moment when someone needs to hide in God and not in anything else.

God as a hiding place is Psalm 32:7. He heals the brokenhearted in Psalm 147:3, and he is a refuge and fortress in Psalm 91:2.