INTRO
VERSE 1
We want an awareness
To recognize the worth
The weight of Your presence
Heaven on the earth
To notice Your beauty
To feel You drawing near
To witness Your glory
We know that You are here
To recognize the worth
The weight of Your presence
Heaven on the earth
To notice Your beauty
To feel You drawing near
To witness Your glory
We know that You are here
CHORUS 1
Holy Spirit of God
We surrender our hearts again
Move however You want
Right here in our midst
Like a fire or flood
Like a whisper or like the wind
Move however You want
Right here in our midst
We surrender our hearts again
Move however You want
Right here in our midst
Like a fire or flood
Like a whisper or like the wind
Move however You want
Right here in our midst
TURNAROUND
VERSE 2
Give us new language
To speak Your Kingdom come
Give us new vision
To see Your will be done
You have our attention
You rule the atmosphere
Releasing Your power
The evidence is clear
To speak Your Kingdom come
Give us new vision
To see Your will be done
You have our attention
You rule the atmosphere
Releasing Your power
The evidence is clear
CHORUS 2 2X
Holy Spirit of God
We surrender our hearts again
Move however You want
Right here in our midst
Like a fire or flood
Like a whisper or like the wind
Move however You want
Right here in our midst
We surrender our hearts again
Move however You want
Right here in our midst
Like a fire or flood
Like a whisper or like the wind
Move however You want
Right here in our midst
INTERLUDE
In our midst
In our midst
In our midst
BRIDGE
In our midst,
there is fire all consuming
In our midst,
there is oil of anointing
In our midst,
fresh revival, open heaven
In our midst,
just imagine what could happen
In our midst,
there is fire all consuming
In our midst,
there is oil of anointing
In our midst,
fresh revival, open heaven
In our midst,
just imagine what could happen
there is fire all consuming
In our midst,
there is oil of anointing
In our midst,
fresh revival, open heaven
In our midst,
just imagine what could happen
In our midst,
there is fire all consuming
In our midst,
there is oil of anointing
In our midst,
fresh revival, open heaven
In our midst,
just imagine what could happen
INSTRUMENTAL 2X
CHORUS 3
Holy Spirit of God
We surrender our hearts again
Move however You want
Right here in our midst
Like a fire or flood
Like a whisper or like the wind
Move however You want
Right here in our midst
We surrender our hearts again
Move however You want
Right here in our midst
Like a fire or flood
Like a whisper or like the wind
Move however You want
Right here in our midst
BRIDGE
There is fire all consuming
In our midst,
there is oil of anointing
In our midst,
fresh revival, open heaven
In our midst,
just imagine what could happen
In our midst,
there is oil of anointing
In our midst,
fresh revival, open heaven
In our midst,
just imagine what could happen
OUTRO
In our midst
In our midst
In our midst
In our midst
In our midst
In our midst
In our midst
Midst - In the Bible [Verses & Devotional]
When The Belonging Co sings “Move however You want / Right here in our midst,” it feels like a simple, brave invitation: we’re asking the Holy Spirit to come without prescription, to shape the moment and our hearts. That posture has deep roots in Scripture. Jesus promised an Advocate who would be with and in us (John 14:16-17), and the Spirit’s arrival at Pentecost came with wind and tongues of fire that changed everything (Acts 2:1-4). The song’s images — fire, flood, whisper, wind — echo those biblical pictures: the Spirit blows like the wind (John 3:8), consumes like fire (Hebrews 12:29), pours out life-giving water (Isaiah 44:3; Ezekiel 47), and sometimes moves gently like a whisper (1 Kings 19:11-13 reminds us God’s voice is not only in the dramatic).
When the lyrics say “We want an awareness / To recognize the worth / The weight of Your presence / Heaven on the earth,” I’m reminded of Jesus’ teaching, “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). The song isn’t asking for spectacle for its own sake but for the tangible reality of God’s rule breaking into daily life — the kingdom among us (Luke 17:21). “Give us new language” calls to mind Acts 2 again, but also the way God gives us words and vision to speak and see his purposes (Ephesians 1:18). Surrendering hearts (Romans 12:1) and giving attention to God (James 4:8) are the posture that opens us to that movement.
The bridge — “there is fire all consuming… oil of anointing… fresh revival, open heaven” — holds both promise and caution. Scripture celebrates the power and purity of God’s refining fire (Hebrews 12:29) and the blessing of anointing (Isaiah 61:1; Psalm 23:5), while the prophets and apostles also teach that the Spirit’s work is often about transformation and fruit, not just emotion or momentary signs (Galatians 5:22-23; Acts 1:8). The song’s repeated “just imagine what could happen” finds a biblical answer in the confidence that God can do “far more abundantly than all we ask or think” (Ephesians 3:20). That freedom to imagine is rooted in God’s character: sovereign, present, and eager to empower his people.
So as you sing or listen, let the images steer you toward both surrender and discernment: surrender your control, offer your words and vision, invite the Spirit to rule the atmosphere of your life and community (Psalm 103:19; Colossians 1:17), but hold the movement up to the Scriptures that shape and steady us. The invitation is real — to heaven touching earth, to new language, new sight, and revival — and it begins with the simple, repeatable act of yielding.
If the Holy Spirit were invited to “move however He wants” in your life or your community today, what would you need to surrender or change so you could truly notice and participate in what he might do?