Worship Wednesday – Never Lost a Battle – Elevation Worship, Tauren Wells, & CeCe Winans

“For the Lord your God is he who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.” – Deuteronomy 20:4

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. – John 1:5

“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” – Jesus, John 16:33

Sometimes we pray for what seems impossible, and it turns out, maybe it was. Or we pray for something that surely is/must be God’s will…and we pray for years for it.

Still, as I look through Scripture, and the circumstances of my life, I stand with God and the lyrics of this song. God “Never Lost” a battle. Never. One of my favorite experiences is when believers gather and pop up, one by one, to give an account of the faithfulness of God in their lives. “Do you have a testimony?” Absolutely!

We have enormous comfort and peace in remembering this. As we seek God in our challenges and difficult decision-making, we believe that God doesn’t blink. These situations don’t just drop into our lives. We are prepared, through months and years of following Him, to face what’s in front of us. Trusting Him. With the certainty of knowing He never lost a battle and He won’t lose this one.

In meditating on this topic, I have thought about friends and family members who are lost or distant from God right now. He has called me to pray for them…is that done in futility? I know one thing He will not do is violate our will. He doesn’t not want involuntary servitude. No. He desires relationship, trust in His salvation through Christ, surrender to a life more abundant than we ever could imagine.

I pray because I love these people…these dear ones who don’t know Jesus yet or who have turned away from Him, believing what the world holds for them is better. Will God win the battle for their souls? In reality, He has already won the battle, in the life, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. The battle is won. The work necessary for our salvation is finished! If we refuse to believe and receive such a great salvation, then we reject His provision…instead choosing a lesser life.

God help us! God help those for whom we pray and with whom we reason. We know what it is to be lost. We know also what it is to be more than conquerors in Him. We pray for these beloved ones to know His victory.

I just recently heard this song. It was written and released in 2019 by Elevation Worship.

One of the songwriters, Chris Brown, of Elevation Worship explained the inspiration of this song and its introduction: The band announced this song on Facebook on the 28th of October 2019. They posted a video fragment of them in a studio with the song playing in background and the message “NEVER LOST // We introduced this song on a weekend just few months ago, and it sent a shot of Holy Ghost confidence through our church, so we couldn’t help but record it right away!! Raise your [hands] if you know we worship the undefeated King of Heaven!! ‘Never Lost’ coming your way November 1!!”

“When we look through Scripture, we see that God’s never been intimidated by a battle his children were facing. The walls of Jericho fell. Lazarus got up from the grave. And we still worship the same Champion of Heaven who fights for us. We hope this song points you to His past faithfulness in your own life, and gives you strength for today.” – Chris Brown

A few months later, Tauren Wells joined them for a powerful collaboration.

The version I heard of this song was a cover by CeCe Winans done later in 2020. Whew!

Just because we haven’t seen the battle won yet…doesn’t mean God is not at work, and, in fact, has been at work in us, on us, and through us, for as long as it takes…for His battle to show itself won!

Worship with me.

Miracles when You move
Such an easy thing for You to do
Your hand is moving right now
You are still showing up
At the tomb of every Lazarus
Your voice is calling me out

Right now I know You’re able
And my God, come through again

You can do all things
You can do all things but fail
Cause You’ve never lost a battle
No you’ve never lost a battle
And I know, I know
You never will

Everything’s possible
By the power of the Holy Ghost
A new wind is blowing right now
Breaking my heart of stone
Taking over like it’s Jericho
My walls are all crashing down

But right now, I know You’re able
And my God, come through again

You can do all things
You can do all things but fail
Cause You’ve never lost a battle
No you’ve never lost a battle
And I know, I know
You never will

You’ve never lost a battle
You’ve never lost a battle
You’ve never lost a battle
You never will
You’ve never lost a battle
You’ve never lost a battle
You’ve never lost a battle
Never, never…

So faithful
I know, I know, it’s who You are…

You can do all things
You can do all things but fail
Cause You’ve never lost a battle
No you’ve never lost a battle
And I know, I know
You never will

You can do all…
There’s nothing impossible for You
You can do all things but fail
‘Cause You’ve never lost a battle
No, You’ve never lost a battle
And I know, I know
You never will*

P.S. Still thinking through this blog this morning, I was looking at used books at my favorite local thrift shop. A book popped out at me: God Never Blinks by Regina Brett. It is a book of essays on lessons we learn from life’s detours.

In the essay on how God doesn’t blink, she tells the story of a Franciscan priest, Father Mike, who lost his best friend, Father Willy, in a fire gutting the church rectory. Father Mike shared this home with Father Willy, so he lost “everything”. Not so…as his perspective was lifted by a kind parishioner…and a good God.