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I'm Ready

from Mount Zion by Fr. Joseph Gill

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The opening line of this song I found on my friend Charlie Hoppes’ Instant Messenger Buddy Info. Underneath of the words, “Lord, I’m willing, and this time I’m ready,” he had the Scripture quotation from Isaiah 40:39. I looked it up and was inspired by it because that’s what I was going through in life at the time so I decided to write it into a song.

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I’m Ready (MM = 88)

Lord, I’m willing and this time I’m ready
My legs are trembling but Your grace is steady
You give power to the frightened and Your strength to the weak
You give grace and peace to all who seek
They who wait on the Lord shall rise up strength
On the wings of the eagle they shall run at length
They will walk through the mountains and will not grow faint
And the Lord shall be my ever-living strength.

Lord, You’ve put me in a battle I’m not strong enough to fight
And I’ve seen might makes right in this life without light
But though an army camp against me, no evil should I fear
For Your rod and Your staff and Your grace is ever near
But still with hope beyond all telling I can’t help but be afraid
For You of all should know that it’s of dust that I have been made
And though I want to give control of my soul to the One I seek,
You know the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

The Lord is a warrior, Lord is His Name!
He is strengthening my heart and I will never be the same
And my foes never know that it’s the Lord Who’s got my back
And they will stumble and fall when they make their attack
So if this is my creed, then why have I trembled
When I see the world in armor, for battle assembled
Should be no fear, nowhere near, persevere to what’s true
When I fall on my knees and cry, “Lord, I trust in You!”

So with courage at hand and the Lord at my side
I will fight the good fight until the day that I die
With holiness as my breastplate and faith as my shield
And the Sword of the Spirit as the weapon that I wield.
And though I fear of how weak and how fallen I can be,
I gotta respect and reflect Your power made perfect in me.
For You are God and I am not, how can I question Your ways
And You have promised to be with us till the end of our days.

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from Mount Zion, released March 1, 2008
Fr. Greg Thompson - electric guitar

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Fr. Joseph Gill Stamford, Connecticut

Born in 1984, Joseph Gill grew up in a musical family. His father taught him piano from a young age, and his mother often sang in the church choir. He began writing songs very young, honing his skill further when he received his first guitar. After his conversion, he dedicated his life and his songwriting to the Lord. Fr. Joseph Gill was ordained a Catholic priest in May, 2013. ... more

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