Music for Sunday 7 February 2010
February 6, 2010 by Rob Westwood-Payne
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Tomorrow, Cradley Heath Songsters will be focussing on God and his amazing character, singing How Great is Our God and Indescribable.
How Great is our God by Chris Tomlin is a really majestic modern worship song. It proclaims God’s greatness as it moves from quiet amazement at God’s splendour, building up to a fantastic crescendo as we proclaim How Great is our God. This particular arrangement couples this song with the well-known hymn, How Great Thou Art.
The splendour of a King
Clothed in majesty
Let all the earth rejoice
All the earth rejoiceHe wraps himself in Light
And darkness tries to hide
And trembles at His voice
Trembles at His voiceHow great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God and all will see
How great, how great is our GodAge to age He stands
And time is in His hands
Beginning and the end
Beginning and the endThe Godhead three in One
Father Spirit Son
The Lion and the Lamb
The Lion and the LambHow great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God and all will see
How great, how great is our GodThen sings my soul, my Saviour, God to Thee!
How great Thou art!
How great Thou art!How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God and all will see
How great, how great is our God
Laura Story’s song Indescribable contains some weighty lyrics unashamedly based on Scripture and has become a favourite. It expresses the indescribable nature of God.
Laura says:
When I first wrote “Indescribable,” it never occurred to me that this song could be used in a corporate worship setting. Let’s face it, there aren’t a whole lot of praise choruses that use a string of five-syllable words. I was driving through the mountains of North Carolina, admiring the blue haze of each mountain and the unique form of each tree and leaf. Psalm 19 tells us that the heavens declare the glory of God, and on that day, God was truly nourishing my soul with the beauty of His creation. My first inclination was to sing, but initially, no words came to mind. And that’s when I started to consider how indescribable God is. What words could mere humans give to express His grandeur? Any praises we lift to Him are our feeble attempts at capturing a small glimpse of the magnitude of who God is. Even now, five years later, I never tire of singing that song at all my concerts. I am always reminded of how small I am in comparison to His greatness and how fortunate I am that a God who holds all of time in His hands still seeks to know me intimately. And that is a truth worth singing about!
The lyrics to the song truly are amazing, as is the God which they describe:
From the highest of heights to the depths of the sea
Creation’s revealing Your majestyFrom the colours of fall to the fragrance of spring
Every creature unique in the song that it sings
All exclaimingIndescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name
You are amazing God
All powerful, untameable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing GodWho has told every lightning bolt where it should go
Or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow
Who imagined the sun and gives source to its light
Yet conceals it to bring us the coolness of night
None can fathomIndescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name
You are amazing God
Incomparable, unchangeable
You see the depths of my heart and You love me the same
You are amazing God
You are amazing God
Indescribable!
Why not join us for our worship meetings tomorrow at 10:30am and 6:00pm at The Salvation Army, Meredith Street, Cradley Heath, West Midlands B64 5EP.
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Rob Westwood-Payne grew up in The Salvation Army at Norwich Citadel. He left Norwich to study at the University of Warwick and became fully involved in the music centre there culminating in his conducting Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue to a full house in Symphony Hall in Birmingham. He also transferred to The Salvation Army at Coventry City, where he became Songster Leader at the age of 21. He was made Songster Leader at Cradley Heath in April 1998 shortly before marrying Gail in the following October. He is a former leader of the West Midlands Divisional Youth Chorus and is currently Programme Director at the West Midlands Divisional Summer School for The Salvation Army. He is an Associate Solicitor in the Licensing Team of a national practice based in the south west.