Sometimes the hardest part of faith is accepting that God isn’t obligated to explain Himself to us. I wrote today’s song, “Higher Than the Earth,” around Belhaven’s 2006 Verse of the Year:
“My ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:9)
That year, I sensed an invitation to loosen my grip on what I think should happen and to trust the One whose perspective is infinitely higher than mine. A couple of weeks ago, Trailand and I stood on a high vista in Rocky Mountain National Park during our Christmas tour, and that truth surfaced again—how limited my sightline is, and how vast God’s truly is.
Throughout this Christmas season, we’re reminded that God’s wisdom doesn’t always look like power or clarity. Sometimes it looks like a baby, a manger, and a way forward we never could have imagined. This song is my response—surrendering my small story to His greater one.
– Doug
Higher Than the Earth | Lyrics
As the heavens are higher than the earth
My ways are higher than your ways
My thoughts are higher than your thoughts
As the heavens are higher than the earth
As the rain and as the snow falls
May your word fall and flourish in my life
For I believe and I will walk
With Him who knows all
I will not pretend
That I’ll ever comprehend
The fullness of the words
My God has spoken
But I’ll trust the One who spoke them
37 Days of Christmas 