Healing Rain
Michael W. Smith Lyrics

Healing rain is coming down
A metaphor for God's grace and mercy descending upon humanity through blessings.

It's coming nearer to this old town.
God's grace is being bestowed upon this earthly domain to offer and share salvation.

Rich and poor, weak and strong
God's grace does not discriminate against individuals from different social, economical or physical backgrounds.

It's bringing mercy, it won't be long.
God's grace envelopes forgiveness and mercy, and it will soon be distributed universally.

Healing rain is coming down
A repetition emphasizing that God's blessings are being shared.

It's coming closer to the lost and found.
God's grace is closer to individuals who were lost and have now been found.

Tears of joy and tears of shame
People who are blessed and saved are likely to express emotions of both joy and shame.

Are washed forever in Jesus' name.
Those same individuals can have their past faults and shortcomings forgotten when they embrace and follow Jesus.

Healing rain, it comes with fire
God's mercy is a transformative process, with the “fire” metaphor emphasizing the change that His grace can bring.

So let it fall and take us higher.
Encouragement to welcome God's blessings and ambitions to rise above imperfections.

Healing rain, I'm not afraid
Confidence in God's mercy, so there is no reason to be afraid or reluctant to accept grace.

To be washed in Heaven's rain.
Baptism is often associated with cleansing and purification, with that baptism being metaphorically referred to here as “Heaven's rain”.

Lift your heads, let us return
A call to return to God, evidenced by a lifted head indicating attentiveness and obedience.

To the mercy seat where time began.
A reference to God's grace and forgiveness, where time can indicate an opportunity or era – as the beginning of a new, eternal chapter.

And in your eyes I see the pain.
Acknowledgment of the hurt and pain individuals have experienced.

Come soak this dry heart with healing rain.
Request for healing from God.

And only you, the Son of Man
Acknowledgment that only Jesus, as the embodiment of God, can offer forgiveness and redemption.

Can take a leper and let him stand.
A metaphor for the transformation that God's grace offers, taking someone who is deemed unclean or unworthy and enabling them to stand upright with acceptance.

So lift your hands, they can be held
A continuation of the earlier call for individuals to lift their heads and be receptive to God's mercy.

By someone greater, the Great I Am.
Reiteration that it is God, in his infinite capacity for mercy and love, who offers this salvation.

Healing rain, it comes with fire
Repetition through an affirmation of the transformative power of God's mercy.

So let it fall and take us higher.
Encouragement to embrace the transformative power of God's mercy.

Healing rain, I'm not afraid
Reiteration of the singer's lack of trepidation or hesitation to accept God's grace.

To be washed in Heaven's rain.
Reiteration of the opportunity to be cleansed and transformed by the grace of God.

Healing rain is falling down,
Reiteration of the metaphor of mercy raining down.

I'm not afraid.
Final affirmation of the singer and their unwavering trust in God's grace.