With wings you can fly
Soaring from place to place
Nothing else but freedom
Discovering beauty and grace
Hungry storms crawl in
Glance behind your shoulder
Determined to stay on course
Freedom becomes bolder
Bliss is changed to forced
A door is opened wide
Unbeknownst it is cage
Decision based on pride
Enter through at will
Escape a painful chase
Giving up too soon
To find a friendly face
Joined by those in prison
Trapped by choices made
We are in this life together
I hear distant songs of praise
My heart of faith is willing
To step ahead with prayer
To sing the songs of a risen King
He will meet us here
When prison doors fling open
I will be here waiting
Do not fall upon your sword
New wings are for the taking.
Inspired by Acts 16:25-34 The Passion Translation (TPT)
25 Paul and Silas, undaunted, prayed in the middle of the night and sang songs of praise to God, while all the other prisoners listened to their worship.
26 Suddenly, a great earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. All at once every prison door flung open and the chains of all the prisoners came loose.
27 Startled, the jailer awoke and saw every cell door standing open. Assuming that all the prisoners had escaped, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself 28 when Paul shouted in the darkness, “Stop! Don’t hurt yourself. We’re all still here.”
29 The jailer called for a light. When he saw that they were still in their cells, he rushed in and fell trembling at their feet. 30 Then he led Paul and Silas outside and asked, “What must I do to be saved?”
31 They answered, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved—you and all your family.”32 Then they prophesied the word of the Lord over him and all his family. 33 Even though the hour was late, he washed their wounds. Then he and all his family were baptized. He took Paul and Silas into his home and set them at his table and fed them. 34 The jailer and all his family were filled with joy in their newfound faith in God.
