Caregiver | Rion & Sarah van Vuuren
This song was inspired by Scripture. Abba's Word is a comfort and a shield in times of hardship. His Word uplifts and brings light and life. I had been crying out to Abba when I found myself at the end of a season, and He gave me Isaiah 46 as a deep encouragement. As you know, the whole theme of this album is the fact that Abba is the One who carries us. It is His promise to us and we can clearly see this promise in Isaiah 46...
“Listen to Me,” [says the Lord], “O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, You who have been carried by Me from your birth and have been carried [in My arms] from the womb ,4 Even to your old age I am He, And even to your advanced old age I will carry you! I have made you, and I will carry you; Be assured I will carry you and I will save you.5 “To whom would you liken Me And make Me equal and compare Me,That we may be alike? “Remember [carefully] the former things [which I did] from ages past; For I am God, and there is no one else; I am God, and there is no one like Me,10 Declaring the end and the result from the beginning, And from ancient times the things which have not [yet] been done, Saying, ‘My purpose will be established, And I will do all that pleases Me and fulfill My purpose,’11 Calling a bird of prey from the east, From a far country, the man (Cyrus) of My purpose.Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, be assured I will do it.
We serve a covenant keeping God who will carry us through everything, every season, every beginning and every end. He knows the begging of everything and He knows the end of everything. Beginnings can be exciting while the end of something can spark fear, because 'what comes next'? Sometimes we don't know what the next chapter looks like and we struggle to see His purpose here and now. God however, is there, at the end with us, He knows all about endings and He is the One who carries us through them, because in Him there is always a new beginning, a hopeful future. He has a plan and a purpose and He will accomplish it in the lives of those who trust Him.
Job 14:7-9
“For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that its tender shoots will not cease. Though its root may grow old in the earth, And its stump may die in the ground, Yet at the scent of water it will bud And bring forth branches like a plant.
This song is for that moment when the enemy tells you, it's over, you've reached the end... We can rebuke him confidently knowing that even though we can be cut down like a tree and things can look pretty 'dead'... God can make things bloom again, He can make YOU bloom again because He is carrying you. Meditate on this Scripture for a while... Think about what He is saying. We have never had to carry Him, yet He has always carried us, from the womb even to our old age, He cares for us. He is constantly present, He doesn't move, He doesn't change although we go through beginnings and we face ends, He knows it all and still His purpose stands. He is God and there is no one like Him!
If you are in a desert, be assured, the God who carries you, will make your desert bloom again. If you are in a cold winter, be assured, spring will come again, there will be growth, there will be good harvests because you belong to Him, He will care for you because that is who He is, our Caregiver!