Look to You by Hillsong United

Look to You is the 2005 live album from Hillsong United, recorded with their young congregation in Sydney. It pushes the youth worship outward, full of songs about telling the world and giving everything. I came back to it for the way it ties personal faith to a bigger purpose.

Why listen?

The sound is bright, guitar-driven worship, energetic and built for crowds. The production keeps the live room close, so the youth and the noise carry. The lyrics move between devotion and mission, looking up to God and out to the world at once. There is a sense of a generation finding its calling here. It is worship with its eyes on the horizon.

Favourite song: Salvation Is Here

The signature song of the album, bright and urgent. It is a young, confident declaration that something has changed.

'Cause I know my God saved the day
And I know His word never fails
And I know my God made a way for me
Salvation is here

The chorus bursts open and the crowd seizes it, and the joy is impossible to fake. It reminds me of the moment the sun finally breaks through after a grey climb and the whole hillside lights up. The song turns belief into celebration, which is exactly what youth worship should do.

Key takeaway

Look to You is bold, outward-facing worship from a band finding its voice. Best played loud and young at heart.

Tracklist

• Salvation Is Here
• Tell the World
• Look to You
• All I Need Is You
• All for Love
• Shout Unto God
• There Is Nothing Like
• What the World Will Never Take
• Only One
• Deeper
• 'Til I See You
• Rest in You
• Awesome God

Details

Listen on

• Apple Music
• Amazon
• Spotify

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