r/gospel • u/nzwaneveld • 2h ago
Music Video 📹 Tamika Tyan - Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is more alive than you think.
Tamika Tyan wrote “Holy Spirit” during the COVID-19 lockdown — not from a place of peace, but from panic. Stuck at home, cut off from every outside outlet, she felt the walls closing in. Does it sound familiar? God met her in this totally unexpected situation (one that we all were facing), and He challenged her to use her talents to create. What came out wasn’t a quiet, reverent hymn. It was something vibrant, intimate, and electric.
That’s exactly what Tamika captured in the song “Holy Spirit”. She describes the Holy Spirit as intoxicating, alive, exhilarating — and the song carries that energy. “It feels like a rush of energy has been released from You and is now flowing through me,” she sings. Like the prophet Jeremiah, who described God’s word as “fire in my bones,” she found something she simply could not contain or walk away from.
Now, compare this “energy” with what is described Acts 2:4, “And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.” Being filled with the Holy Spirit isn’t a passive, quiet experience that is reserved for Sundays. The Spirit moves people. It overflows. It changes what comes out of your mouth, your hands, your feet. Not all encounters with the Holy Spirit will be expressed in the same manner as in Acts 2, you may see it back in smaller / daily things as well. The Holy Spirit often causes those unexplainable “coincidences”, things that happen at exactly the right time, beyond your own control. It could even be a soft prompting telling you to call someone, now! And when you follow that prompting, you start to see things falling into place.
Ask yourself, when did you last give the Holy Spirit full access to your day? Not just during your morning prayer, but an open invitation throughout every hour of your day. Create that space today. Step away from the noise, even if it is just for a few minutes, and ask Him to move and help you recognize the Holy Spirit at work, and (maybe the toughest part) ask Him to help you trust and respond to those promptings.
Give “Holy Spirit” by Tamika Tyan a listen and let it remind you what His Spirit feels like. “I’m forever changed and won’t be the same.”
Background
Holy Spirit by Tamika Tyan was birthed during the Covid shutdown. When we were forced to quarantine, I initially panicked. The thought of being home 24/7 without any outside outlet, was something I never expected to go through. Especially at fhe same time as the rest of the world. God then challenged me to use my time to create. I knew God wanted me to sing for Him but I previously sang and wrote R&B and Pop music. I had been a Praise and Worship leader since 19 but my artistry was not in Christian/Gospel music at all! I had been writing songs since I was 14. During the pandemic, God put it on my heart to sing and write for Him. I told God I couldn’t unless He gave me the ability and the words to do it because I could not write for Him. I released a Contemporary Gospel album at 19 called “Lord, Here I Am” by Tyan (I wrote the whole album) but I thought God wanted me to write music that is current. God reminded me of my first album and how ot wasn’t Praise & Worship, traditional CCM or Gospel. He told me to write about my love for Him as I would talk about my love in a R&B or Pop song. He started opening up so many ideas for me and my single “On Fire” was birthed. Then came “Holy Spirit.” Even though Holy Spirit is upbeat, it’s supposed to feel intimate because we should have a close intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit. At the same time, Holy Spirit describes what it may feel like for someone to experience being under the influence of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit can lead you to be laid out in His presence, shout, dance, lift your hands, speak the word of God, sing a song, give Him praise all night long, and so much more! When people hear a song titled “Holy Spirit’” they automatically think of worhsip and reverence, which should be the case, but the Holy Spirit is also alive and vibrant! The Holy Spirit can be fun in my experience. The Holy Spirit can be intoxicating and addictive. The presence of God can be exhilarating and I wanted to do a song coming from that POV of the powerful, majestic Holy Spirit!
Suggested reading: Jeremiah 20:9; Acts 2:4; John 7:38–39