God of Brilliant Lights

Album: Morning Rises (2013)
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  • The Morning Rises album chronicles some of the tough challenges Shust went through between the recording of his fourth and fifth studio sets. After experiencing the medical tribulations of his second son, Nicky, which inspired the video for his hit single, "My Hope Is In You," the singer once again faced life-threatening medical conditions with his third son, Michael. Facing a Down Syndrome diagnosis and a second surgery for hearing issues and ongoing health problems didn't defeat Shust but instead renewed his passion for Christ. "This is an album about how God is faithful. God is steadfast. God is the same," said Shust. "Whenever our life goes crazy we can say, 'God is faithful.' If you believe the verses that we memorized as kids or in our early Christian lives, that He has a plan for us, that He's never going to leave us, that He's never going to forsake us, then that rings true. You need those truths in the dark hours. That's what this album hopefully covers. Morning Rises represents hope. Morning Rises represents promise."
  • This is the album's lead single, which is one of seven from the set that was co-written by Shust. It finds him extolling God's unconditional love that brings us out of darkness:

    "The God of brilliant lights is shining down over us.
    Breaking through the darkness covering all the earth.
    His love is like an ocean forever overflowing.
    The God of brilliant light is shining over us."

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