The Rock Won't Move is the second full-length worship album by Vertical Church Band. The band is a ministry formed out of Harvest Bible Chapel in Chicago and features the worship leaders Seth McConkey, Meredith Andrews, Andi Rozier, Tyler Miller, Kyle Fredericks, Jon Guerra and others.

The group wrote over 100 songs before selecting these 10 Spirit-filled songs for the Church. The album is centered on the Rock of Jesus, and a theme verse could be 1st Corinthians 10:4: "For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ."

The idea of an entire album filled with songs proclaiming Jesus as our Rock and our foundation is a devotional challenge as left to our own devices, many of us would build on sinking sand. What's especially cool about this new album is how every song is true to that biblical concept with strong messages. I had the chance to speak with Andi Rozier about the exciting call to worship "Found in You."

Please tell me the personal story behind writing this song.

The song was last minute for the album. We had already written over 100 songs for The Rock Won't Move and we're on track to do the same for our next album. Even though we had short-listed all of the songs, we still felt like we were missing a call-to-worship song.

What's behind that is we aren't putting any songs on our albums that we aren't singing at our church. When we make an album, we feel the weight of delivering a full package for our church. When you look at the other songs, they were written at songwriting retreats writing congregational songs. For this song, it was very specific. We needed a first track for the record. We needed a strong call to worship.

Along with Jason Ingram, who co-wrote the song with me, we found ourselves in a similar situation for our last album when we co-wrote the song, "Open up the Heavens," together. We found ourselves in the exact same situation. Jason's a worship leader at his church. I'm a worship leader at our church. We're very clear about what we want to say at the beginning of a worship set.

Usually when I teach people worship leading, I say to them if you have to give a long call to worship, you probably picked the wrong first song. Your song should really say it. That's why the song kicks off with "we're reaching out to welcome You, God, fill this place again with Your song, flood our thoughts with wonder and awe." That's what a worship leader would say as an opening prayer to a congregation. We're not here for ourselves. We're here for the Lord. Let's look to Him, let's ask Him to fill this place with His manifest presence.

Which Bible verses connect to the message of the song?

Psalm 27:4 (NKJV): One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, And to inquire in His temple.

Psalm 27:4 (The Voice): I am pleading with the Eternal for this one thing, my soul's desire: To live with Him all of my days--in the shadow of His temple, To behold His beauty and ponder His ways in the company of His people.

Psalm 23:6 (NKJV): Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me, All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.

Psalm 73:25-26 (NKJV): Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Psalm 139:14 (The Voice): I will offer You my grateful heart, for I am Your unique creation, filled with wonder and awe. You have approached even the smallest details with excellence; Your works are wonderful; I carry this knowledge deep within my soul.

Exodus 33:14 (NKJV): And He said, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."

Philippians 3:8 (The Voice): And more so, I now realize that all I gained and thought was important was nothing but yesterday's garbage compared to knowing the Anointed Jesus my Lord. For Him I have thrown everything aside--it's nothing but a pile of waste--so that I may gain Him.

What is the takeaway message?

I love the thought in the Psalms about gazing at and beholding the beauty of the Lord--just like in "Open up the Heavens" we sing about the glory of the Lord passing by and us catching a glimpse of Him.

If we come to church and catch a glimpse of the Lord--not His physical appearance, but in the testimonies that we hear from people and in the lives of people worshipping the Lord--that's how we see the Lord's evidence and see His glory. That was how the song came around.

We had four days left before the recording of the album, and we had this vision of chasing down this song calling people to worship. The chorus comes from Psalm 73. When we size ourselves up against the Lord, as my Pastor would say, "If I have You Lord, I have everything, and if I have everything but You, I have nothing."

Our worship culture is somewhat starved for calls to worship and as I lead this song, it gives us a chance to resize ourselves. We come in from the week and we need to get a perspective of ourselves compared to the Lord, and see how big He is.

The line in the bridge, "in Your presence there is freedom" is my favorite line. It comes with some risk, as some think of losing themselves in His presence. We are saying, Lord I can lay everything down before You.  We can completely be found in Him and everything we need is in Him. We are free in His presence.

Lyrics:
We're reaching out to welcome You, God
Fill this place again with Your song
Flood our thoughts with wonder and awe
Give us a greater glimpse of a never-changing God

All we want and all we need
Is found in You, found in You
Jesus, every victory
Is found in You, found in You

Open wide, our hearts now to Yours
Every fear, bowed down to Your love
That we would see like never before
Give us a greater glimpse of a never-changing God

In Your presence there is freedom
In Your presence we are made whole
In Your presence there is freedom
In Your presence we are made whole

The exciting opener "Found in You" sets the tone with the gang vocals and the crowd clapping along. There's a Hillsong alt-rock style, with the opening lyrics "We're reaching out to welcome You God, Fill the place again with Your song." I really like the call to worship and find myself frequently singing the catchy and "vertical" chorus: "'Til all we want and all we need is found in You, Jesus every victory is found in You." The song has a great melody, and I would love to sing it loudly with fellow believers. 

I really enjoy the exciting musical vibe of this album, and the melodies and lyrics are all catchy and biblical. The Rock Won't Move is loaded with great rock beats, catchy melodies, and solid lyrics reflecting unashamed faith in Jesus. Everything we do and everything we have needs to come from the place of who we are in Jesus. There's safety and security in the knowledge of our Savior and Redeemer, Jesus. There's only one name under Heaven by which we can be saved: Jesus.

I've been very blessed by this upbeat vertical song for the church from Vertical Church Band. The music ministry of Harvest Bible Chapel is very intentional about the biblical accuracy of their songs, and it is exciting when I hear truth in a song where I can agree with and say Amen to every word. It is awesome to celebrate the saving faith we have in Jesus when we are found in Him. This is a wonderful call to worship, to get you ready to worship our Lord Jesus with all of your heart, mind, soul and strength and dance before the Lord, like David, described in Scripture as "a man after God's heart." Once you have that abandon before God, then you can sing at the top of your lungs, "In Your presence there is freedom, In Your presence we are made whole." Amen to that!

(Watch the music video here.)