LACREA FT ANTHONY EVANCE – BOASTING
This song is a beautiful expression of devotion, humility, and surrender. The lyrics convey a deep recognition of one’s own limitations and need for a higher power. The writer’s words are a heartfelt cry to hear and feel God’s presence, acknowledging that life’s true meaning is found in boasting in Him alone. With stunning imagery and raw emotion, the song explores themes of grace, mercy, and the cross, reminding us that without Jesus, there’s only condemnation.
The writer’s honesty about their own struggles and weaknesses is striking, as they grapple with the tension between their own desires and God’s will. The lyrics are a powerful reminder that true joy and purpose are found in surrendering to God’s plan, even in the midst of pain and uncertainty. The song’s message is one of hope and redemption, urging listeners to count everything else as loss if it means not being able to hear and feel God’s presence.
The song’s poetic language and vivid metaphors “Sunrise and the moon lights in the dark street”, “a fist full of air”, “sanctifying surgery” add to its emotional depth, making it a moving and contemplative listen. Ultimately, the song is a declaration of faith, a commitment to boast in the cross, and to live a life that reflects God’s glory.
Boasting lacrea
If this life has anything to gain at all
I’ll count it loss if I can’t hear you, feel you, cause I need you
Can’t walk this earth alone
I recognize I’m not my own, so before I fall
I need to hear you, feel you, as I live to make my boast in you alone
With every breath I take, with every heart beat
Sunrise and the moon lights in the dark street
Every glance, every dance, every note of a song
It’s all a gift undeserved that I shouldn’t have known
Every day that I lie, every moment I covet
I’m deserving to die, I’m just earning your judgment
I, without the cross there’s only condemnation
If Jesus wasn’t executed there’s no celebration
So in times that are good, in times that are bad
For any times that I’ve had it all I will be glad
And I will boast in the cross, I’ll boast in my pains
I will boast in the sunshine, boast in his reign
What’s my life if it’s not praising you?
Another dollar in my bank account of vain pursuit
I do not count my life as any value or precious at all
Let me finish my race, let me answer my call
If this life has anything to gain at all
I’ll count it loss if I can’t hear you, feel you, cause I need you
Can’t walk this earth alone
I recognize I’m not my own, so before I fall
I need to hear you, feel you, as I live to make my boast in you alone
Tomorrow’s never promised, but it is we swear
Think we holding our own, just a fist full of air
God has never been obligated to give us life
If we fought for our rights, we’d be in hell tonight
Mere sinners owed nothing but a fierce hand
We never loved him, we pushed away his pierced hands
I rejected his love, grace, kindness, and mercy
Dying of thirst, yet, willing to die thirsty
Eternally worthy, how could I live for less?
Patiently you turned my heart away from selfishness
I volunteer for your sanctifying surgery
I know the Spirit’s purging me of everything that’s hurting me
Remove the veil from my darkened eyes
So now every morning I open your word and see the Son rise
I hope in nothin, boast in nothin, only in your suffering
I live to show your glory, dying to tell your story
If this life has anything to gain at all
I’ll count it loss if I can’t hear you, feel you, cause I need you
Can’t walk this earth alone
I recognize I’m not my own, so before I fall
I need to hear you, feel you, as I live to make my boast in you alone
Glory was solely meant for you
Doing what no one else could do
With all I have to give (with all I have to give)
I’ll use my life, I’ll use my lips (my lips yeaaah)
I’ll only glory in your Word
What gift to me I don’t deserve
I’ll live in such a way that it reflects to you, my praise
If this life has anything to gain at all (if I have anything to gain at all)
I’ll count it loss if I can’t hear you, feel you, cause I need you
Can’t walk this earth alone (I need You)
I recognise I’m not my own, so before I fall (I’m not my own)
I need to hear you, feel you, as I live to make my boast in you alone
About the Author
