words music mike hudson and michael w smith i am holding to the joy of my salvation i am glad to have a life that always grows and if the word of god is any indication i am doing even better than i know i am doing even better than i know there s a joy that even people of the world find in every good and perfect gift the father sends so i thank the lord that i was born the first time but i thank him more that i was born again oh i thank him more that i was born again chorus i am up like the sun is up i can feel my life on a rise i am up like the stars at night i get up on bein alive i am up like the lord is up and my life is filled with his life i was freed and i am saved i am up i am up there are times life is so fine i can t contain it everywhere i look i see what god had done and i don t have to work and worry to sustain it when i walk with god his joy will always come when i walk with god his joy will always come chorus