In my humble opinion, the Encounter CD sung by my friend, Amick Byram, is one of the most powerful musical arrangements that have ever been created. As a side note, Amick was the voice of Moses in the movie, “Prince of Egypt”. The Encounter CD rushes me into the presence and worship of God like no other experience in my 49+ years. The 11 song CD is comprised from men of the Bible and how they deal with a specific encounter with God. Some of the men are confronting a crisis point in their life.

In particular is the song, MAKE A WAY. Its focal point is one of the most profound and compelling stories in the Bible where Abraham encounters God. God says to Abraham, “I want you to take your son Isaac, whom you waited so long for, and I want you to sacrifice him.” Abraham, being an obedient servant, takes Isaac and walks for three days up Mount Moriah.

Can you imagine what Abraham is thinking as they walk up the mountain? Surely he must have been wrestling heavily with the unfathomable emotions of a loving father…

• “God, is this really you?”

• “How can this be?”

• “You’re going to stop this, aren’t you?”

• How can you ask me to do this?”

Here are the lyrics of the song:

All my life you’ve been there
With a word for my prayer
So sincere, so assured
You’ve been true.

Now I need greater faith
To believe, to be sure
Need to know, need to see
What to do

Are you there? Do you hear?
Do you know what you ask?
See me now, hear my pain
He’s my son

Make a way
Once so sure of my heart
Now I’m lost in the dark
Wondering why

Wonder how to go on
But if this is your way
Show me now, make it plain
And I’ll know you’re still there

Think of me
Make a way
Father, I know that you
have spoken

I must trust you and obey
If this has been ordained by
your own hand
I know that you will make a way

Here I stand on my own
Still afraid but not alone
Though I doubt, though I fear
I will go on

I will hope, I must try
Give me faith or I will die
Say you hear
Don’t you see he’s my son?

Make a Way…

Here’s the point: As I listen to this song DAILY, I replace “he’s my son”, with “she’s my wife”… It’s been the daily prayer song of my heart for the last three months…

As we trust God for Irene’s complete healing, I encourage you to visit www.amickbyram.com, buy the CD, and join me in this song of prayer. By the way, this is not a CD that you play for background music. It’s a CD that you play when you’re in the car, alone, or in a place where you can completely focus on the lyrics and get into the “scene” of the song.

If you do so, in my opinion, YOU will encounter God.

Caminando con Fé

Dave