Sounds of Devotion: Love You Swore by John Mark McMillan

Honestly, how often do we feel exactly like this? Loving God but fearing what His attention might bring,
 or the sure knowledge that we are desperately in need of him, but even that knowledge ebbs and flows through the day. Sometimes we do fear Him, despite His desire to pull us out of the ashes of our former lives or protect us from the snares and destructive influences. Sometimes we are very aware that it is His power in our lives that gives us the strength to do "all things through Christ who strengthens me" (Philippians 4:13)

And sometimes we are not.

Sometimes all we see is the storm whirling around us.

John Mark McMillan's song may not be the most readily understandable but it has a poetic honesty to it, and the truth is this. We can hang onto God's love, that He is the fortress that we can run to and His peace is found in the eye of the storm. He has sworn to do this for us, His beloved children.

Not just a promise or an agreement. Not just a nice idea or a hope.
God does not "hope" He can harbor us in the eye of the storm, He has made a solemn oath that cannot be broken, and He has sworn on the only thing an all-powerful creator God could swear upon.

He has sworn on Himself.

Hebrews 6:16-19
¹⁶ People swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument. ¹⁷ Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. ¹⁸ God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged. ¹⁹ We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,