This song reminds us to invite God into our lives, not once but all the time. And how can you sing "turn to me, God" without first turning to Him?
The lyrics for the chorus come from a prayer I encountered in some study materials for a class we were taking. The prayer was lifted directly from a section of the acrostic Psalm 119. I returned to the same section for inspiration on the verses.
This is not a Christmas song but was written during the Christmas season. I suspect that has something to do with my heavy reliance on the shepherd/sheep analogy.
Musically, the chords are simple (I - ii7 - IV - V) but it's fairly rhythmic with most of the intra-measure changes coming on the "and" of the second beat. The parenthetical "as You do" bits on the first two lines of the chorus are essential but could either be part of a call-and-response kind of thing or simply a part of the lead line.