Song Highlight: Bless The Lord (10,000 Reasons)
Our hymn highlight this week is Bless The Lord (10,000 Reasons) by Matt Redman. Redman paints a beautiful picture on how every aspect of our life from the moment we wake each morning, to the moment we lay our head down at night, should be filled with praising God’s holiness, greatness, and mercy towards us. But our praise towards God isn’t something that we do just this side of heaven. This praise will continue throughout all eternity as we see our precious Savior face to face, know Him more intimately each passing moment, and perfectly experience the eternal love of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit forever and ever.
Redman, when performing this hymn, has brought up a wonderful story about Charles Wesley that is reflected in verse three. While on his deathbed, Wesley, who was one of the most prolific hymn writers of hymnody, couldn’t stop writing glorious hymns of praise to God. As his time of death drew near and Wesley was anticipating seeing his dear Lord’s face, he dictated this single verse since he was too weak to pick up his pen. This is the last ever hymn of Charles Wesley:
In age and feebleness extreme
Who shall a helpless worm redeem?
Jesus, my only strength, Thou Art.
Strength of my failing flesh and heart.
Oh could I catch one smile from Thee
And drop into eternity!
Shortly thereafter, Wesley would be with His Savior. And though he had a prolific tenure writing hymns of praise on Earth, that was just the beginning of the song of praise he and all the saints would participate in for all of eternity. So let us sing and bless the Lord now for all the blessings He has poured out in our lives but let’s also sing to Him in eager anticipation of the eternal song we will sing when we are in His presence forever.
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