-Psalm 96:1, “Sing to the Lord a new song…”-
I love it when we introduce new songs at FCC: new sounds, new ideas, new ways of articulating truth. This coming weekend is one of those special services; I get to help introduce “Hear Us From Heaven” by Jared Anderson.
For me, the themes in this musical prayer seem to echo Christ’s own prayer as he taught the disciples to pray to the Father, “Your Kingdom come, Your will be done.” In first glance at the title, I had a twinge of concern that the theme phrase, “Hear Us From Heaven,” might lead to unbalanced focus on the gap between us and God; He is there vs. we are here – like we’re begging Him to hear us long-distance.
However, a thorough reading of the lyrics shows the opposite is true. One cry of this song is for God (whose throne is in Heaven) to cause Heavenly things to take place – right here where we are. Phrases like, “Come heal our land,” “Open the blind eyes, unlock the deaf ears” echo Christ’s “Your Kingdom come.”
Even more beautiful though, I think, is the song’s reaching beyond just asking God to do Heavenly things… the true heart’s cry of the song is for God Himself, His presence among us. Phrases like, “Come to your people as we draw near,” and “Would you make this a place for your glory to dwell” articulate the purest desire of our hearts as worshippers: just to be with Him.
For those of you FCC'ers out here, can't wait to worship with you this weekend!
3 comments:
Isn't Worship Team practice this Thursday night? We could all come and sing it with you!
Come ahead! :-)
Beautiful & Thoughtful V.
I can't help but feel a correlation between what you are sharing about this song, and how this is the month for Reign Down U.S.A. The two seem to go hand in hand......
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