THE SONG SPEAKS FOR ITSELF

We sang this hymn this morning at our meeting, and while we sang it I began to realize how much truth is embedded in it. I wonder if people really ponder on what they say when they sing songs full of so much revelation on the Grace of God, of course not all of songs are; many hymns also perpetuate unbelief and religion but this one doesn’t. I feel like giving an exposition on this hymn, but I will resist the temptation, I believe the song speaks for itself.

Let me just say that this was written in the form of the Contemporary sound of the day. I have nothing against Hymns. I think they are lovely; they have really nice melodies and many speak great truths, but I don’t think it should hold the high spiritual sense that some of my peers give it, as though these are the melodies that the Angels sing and we need to sing in Hymn form alone. That is rubbish!! I get as much truth from Hymns as the youngsters (and the eternally young like me) get from listening to Bands like Hillsong United, Delirious? or Kirk Franklin. Hymns were not composed by Angels in the music style of Angels or the Heavenly Style. All songs are inspired by God given to his children who interpret it in the medium they understand.

With that being said here’s the wonderful hymn that got me so happy and inspired, I was ecstatic while reciting it:

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus' name.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.


When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.


His oath, His covenant, and blood
Support me in the whelming flood;
When every earthly prop gives way,
He then is all my Hope and Stay.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.


When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found,
Clothed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne!
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.


Hymn #370 
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: 1 Timothy 1:1
Author: Edward Mote, c. 1834, cento
Composer: John Stainer, 1873, arr.
Tune: "Magdalen"

Now please, indulge me and read that hymn once again. Now ask yourself, do I really stand on the Solid Rock alone or am I trying to hold this rock up with some sinking sand? You can’t mix the two you know?  Secondly, always reflect on the songs you sing, if the melodies of Hymns do not appeal to you, I can assure you there’s good Christian Music in the style YOU like, go find it and listen to it and let your mind be renewed to the realities of the New Creation.

May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you forever.

p.s next week we will be looking at the Poverty Theology