The song, written by MercyMe, Brown Bannister, and Dan Muckala, lyrically revolves around the themes of love, life, and belief, as well as the foundation of Christian faith.

The song was intended to refer to the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus in each verse and has been described as 'pop' and 'worship'.

The single spent ten weeks atop Billboard magazine's Hot Christian Songs chart and eleven weeks atop the Christian AC Monitored chart, and peaked at No.

The song also peaked inside the top ten on the Christian CHR chart, No.

In an interview with Kevin Davis of New Release Tuesday, lead singer Bart Millard said the idea behind the song was related to the theme of the album The Generous Mr.

[2] Millard stated, "The entire album deals with three main aspects of love.

"[2] Millard also said, "I set out to write a song that was confessional and refers to the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus in each verse.

It was my intent to mention every stage of Christ’s condescension and atoning sacrifice throughout the song.

[4] It is set in common time and the key of B♭ major with a steady rock tempo of 104 beats per minute.

[5] Lead singer Bart Millard intended the song to refer to the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus in each verse.

"[7] "All of Creation" was officially released to radio on January 29, 2010, and as a digital single on March 2, 2010.

[1] The song also had a limited CD single release at select Walmart locations.

While Kevin Davis of Christianmusicreview called the song "(a) worship chorus written for the church in the style of 'You Reign' or 'God With Us'"[6] and Kevin McNeese of New Release Tuesday called the song "amazing",[9] Roger Gelwicks of Jesus Freak Hideout, while noting that "it's not a bad song by any means", stated that "(it) sounds precisely like the successful singles that have made MercyMe famous... there's nothing new that's offered that hasn't been heard before from the band".

[18] "All of Creation" spent a total of thirty-eight weeks on the Hot Christian Songs chart.