This Little Light, God Saw it was Good
NOTE: #1’s lines are sung, as are all lines of “Let it shine.”
#1: This little light of mine
I’m gonna let it shine.
#2: God said,
#3:“Let there be light.”
#2: God was pleased with the light. The light was good.
#1 This little light of mine
I’m gonna let it shine.
#3:“The people walking in
#2: darkness
#3:“have seen a
#2: brilliant light,
#3:“shining on everyone in the land of darkest shadows.
#1 This little light of mine
I’m gonna let it shine.
#3: “I am the
#2: light
#3: of the world.
#2: Follow me
#3: Follow me
#2: you won’t walk in darkness;
#3: you will have the
#2: light
#3: that guides you to life.”
All: Let it shine
Let it shine
Let it shine
#1: Everywhere I go,
I’m goin’ let it shine,
#3: I will lead my blind people
#2: along paths they have never known,
#3: to new places
#2: where they have never been before.
#3: I will guide them.
#1: Everywhere I go,
I’m goin’ let it shine,
#2: I will turn the darkness into
#3: light
#2: before them—for them—
#3: and make the rough places
#2: smooth.
#1: Everywhere I go,
I’m goin’ let it shine,
#3: I will do all this;
#2: I am giving my solemn promise, which I always keep.
#3: I will never abandon them.
#2: They will not be alone
All: Let it shine
Let it shine
Let it shine
#1: Let it shine til Jesus comes,
I’m gonna let it shine
#3: Arise!
#2: Shine!
#3: for your
#2: light
#3: has come,
#2: and the glory of the Lord
#3: rises upon you.
#1: Let it shine til Jesus comes,
I’m gonna let it shine
#2: the Lord rises upon
#3: you
#2: and his glory appears over
#3: you.
#1: Let it shine til Jesus comes,
I’m gonna let it shine
#2: The light shines
#3: in the darkness,
#2: and the darkness
#3: can never extinguish it.
All: Let it shine
Let it shine
Let it shine
#1: This little light of mine
I’m gonna let it shine.
#2: God is
#3: light;
#2: in him there is no
#3: darkness
#2: at all.
#1: This little light of mine
I’m gonna let it shine.
#3: For the darkness is
#2: disappearing,
#3: and the true
#2: light
#3: is already
#2: shining.
#1: This little light of mine
I’m gonna let it shine.
#3: There will be no need for sun
#2: or moon,
#3: the glory
#2: the glory
#3: the glory of God
#2: shines on all of them,
#3: and the Lamb is its light.
#3: The Lamb
#2: is its light.
#2 & #3: The Lamb is light.
All: Let it shine
Let it shine
Let it shine
#1: Let it shine
#1 & #2: Let it shine
All: Let it shine