Blessed be Your Name
By Matt & Beth Redman
Chorus
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name
Bridge
You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord, blessed be Your name
My heart will choose to say
Lord, blessed be Your name
This is a song we sing often at our church. If you know me at all, you know that worship and music is in my blood. I LOVE to sing, I LOVE to praise my Jesus, but I must admit that there have been seasons (though some seem like years) where this song did not fit the outpouring of my heart. I would literally sit down and be silent. I was hurting...bad! I was so sick and tired of God taking away and I did NOT want to CHOOSE to say "Blessed be Your name". I was downright mad that God was allowing this pain in my life.
I share this because I know we all have times when God doesn't "feel near" or we are really frustrated or confused with what is being thrown at us. So many I know are facing huge crisis in their lives: cancer, divorce, sick children, finances, and death of loved ones. Can I just say that it's okay to not understand it? It's okay to question God's intentions? To ask why He's allowing this trial to happen in your life? It is often in this time of questioning that if we search God's Word for answers, we find a peace that surpasses all understanding, and finally get that this world is not our home. God allows struggles so that HE may be glorified and magnified.
The verse of this song comes from my favorite bible character (outside of Christ)...Job. If you don't know his story, go read it!
Job 1:21 "He [Job] said, 'Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked I shall return there. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.'" NASB
I am sure that there will still be seasons that I can't sing this song, but right now, I will belt it out in praise. I still am struggling with things in my walk, but I know that no matter what is happening in my life, God deserves glory, for He never changes!
1 comments:
"My heart will choose to stay". What an encouragement this is. How often does our heart want to flee when the Lord does not give us what we want? My faith grows when my heart chooses to stay as I witness evidence of Him in the things unseen. One thing that helps me, is keeping a spiritual journal. When struggles come, and come they do, it's helpful to be able to look back and read the prayers in the journals of other struggles I've had, and reflect upon the wonder of how he has answered my prayers more fully than I even knew to pray. It also encourages me to choose to stay when I read about the mountain top moments or simple blessings I've had and reflect on His work in bringing them.
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