You Are Our God; We Are Your People

Author: David A. Hoekema

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Scripture References:
st. 1 = Gen. 7, Gen. 9:13-15, 1 Pet. 3:18-22
st. 2 = Gen. 15:5, Gen. 17:1-8, Gen. 21:1-7
st. 3 = Heb. 8
st. 4 = Acts 2:38-3

David A. Hoekema (b. Paterson, NJ, 1950) composed both the text and the tune for this hymn in June 1978 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for the baptism of his daughter Janna, for whom he named the tune. Hoekema states:

One morning in June, while I walked the half-mile up the hill from my home to my office, a spirited little tune hummed its way into my mind, and at the same time some words and ideas that I had toyed with took clearer shape in relation to the tune. During the next week or so I added the harmony – a dissonant but rolling harmony that seemed to fit the tune especially well – and refined the text. I believe that this hymn was a gift given to me to celebrate my daughter's baptism.

Originally titled "Covenant Song," Hoekema's storylike text recounts various points in salvation history when God made covenant promises with his people: to Noah (st. 1; In Gen. 9 and also 1 Pet. 3, where Peter relates the flood story to baptism), to Abraham and Sarah (st. 2), and to us in the new covenant in Christ (st. 3), with baptism the sign of our union with Christ and his body, the people of God (st. 4). This hymn was first published in the 1987 Psalter Hymnal.

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Infant or adult baptism; in conjunction with preaching on covenant history. Hoekema says it is also fitting after a week of rain!

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

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