Contemporary Christian rock group Sanctus Real has released On Fire from its latest release, The Dream. This is one of those songs that needs to be written and sung, and Sanctus Real really hit it out of the ball park. On Fire will punch long-time Christians in the gut.
Why?
It addresses lukewarm faith. It speaks to Christians who have been fighting the good fight for a while, and are tired, and are weary, and have lost a little bit of the fire. For every backsliding Christian, every believer who’s taken the back seat to fight for their marriages, to raise kids, to do everything that “life” has called them to do, this song is for you. May you never forget your first love.
ON FIRE Lyrics
Sanctus Real
Remember when you couldn’t wait
to show up early and find your place.
Cause you didn’t want to miss a thing.
And your heart was open and ready for change.
Oh, those days.
You were never afraid to sing,
never afraid to lift your hands.
Didn’t care what people would think.
You were on fire,
and church was more than a place,
and people were more than faces,
and Jesus was more than a name.
Remember when you weren’t ashamed.
To tell your friends about your faith.
A time when you felt the pain
of just one lost soul that was slipping away.
Your heart was soft, you had radiant eyes,
but slowly the pressures and burdens of life
pulled you into the dark of the night.
But when did you lose your sight?
Cause you were on fire,
and church was more than a place,
and people were more than faces,
and Jesus was more than a name.
Oh you were on fire,
you let life put out the flame.
But he’s still calling out for you
cause he wants to light your heart again.
And set it on fire
Set it on fire.
Turn your eyes, turn your eyes
and don’t forget what it was like
Set me on fire, set me on fire
I wanna hold God’s people close
wanna feel the power of Jesus’ name
Set me on fire
Set me on fire
