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Happy Wednesday y'all . This week on the Daily Blade , we're looking at five of my favorite hymns of all time and we're digging into the lyrics and the biblical truths therein . Also , I'm giving you guys my picks for the best versions of each of those songs . Now , today is a special day because it's a day that the Lord has made right , but also it's a special day because it's my birthday y'all . So happy birthday me . So , as is my God-given right on my birthday , I'm going to be a little selfish . So before I go and eat my weight in the best banana pudding in the world , which is actually downstairs right now and it's being made by my wife , I need to tell y'all about my favorite hymn , which is how Great Thou
Art . So this hymn was derived from a poem called oh Great God , which was written by a young Swedish preacher named Carl Gustav Boberg , and , as the story goes , he wrote the poem down after a sudden thunderstorm and the following calm . So it actually caused Boberg to reflect on God's mighty power and his creation . And the best version of this song dare I say the greatest live performance of any song ever was by Oklahoma's very own Carrie Underwood , and Oklahoma's very own Vince Gill , who is probably the most underrated country music artist of all time in my opinion , and it was performed during the Academy of Country Music event that was held in 2011 . Seriously , guys , go watch it on
YouTube . It is absolutely incredible . If you don't tear up while watching it , you might be dead .
Speaker 2So here are the lyrics , and I'll just read the refrain once at the end oh Lord , my God , when I , in awesome wonder , consider all the worlds , thy . Once at the end , I hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze , and when I think that God , his son , not sparing , sent him to die , I scarce can take it in that , on the cross , my burden gladly bearing , he bled and died to take away my sin . When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation and take me home , what joy shall fill my heart ? Then I shall bow in humble adoration and there proclaim my God , how great thou art . Then sings my soul , my Savior , god to thee . How great thou art , how great thou art . Then sings my soul , my Savior , god to thee . How great thou art , how great thou art . I mean , I just guys , I can't even . It's so stinking good , like , what an amazing psalm .
Speaker 2Now we don't have a lot of time and I'm gonna , you know , I'm not gonna talk any slower , so you guys are just gonna need to listen a little faster . But this hymn is absolutely chock full of biblical truth . So , verse 1 , you know we're talking about God's creation and sovereignty . The lyric here O Lord , my God , when I , in awesome wonder consider all the worlds thy hands have made , I mean that's Genesis 1.1 . In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth . But also Psalm 8 , verses three and four , when I consider thy heavens , the work of thy fingers , the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained , then we get into verse two nature , basically , you know , reflecting the majesty of God . The lyric is when I look down from lofty mountain grandeur , you have that entire verse .
Speaker 2I look at Job 12 , verses 7 through 10 . But ask now the beasts , and they shall teach thee and I'm reading from the King James Version it seems appropriate considering this one and the fowls of the air , and they shall tell thee , or speak to the earth , and it shall teach thee . And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee . You know , this is our redemption through Christ . The lyric is God his son , not sparing , sent him to die , obviously the most famous verse ever , probably at least in America , is John 3 , 16 . For those for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life . Then in verse four we see you know , this is Jesus's second coming the lyric when Christ shall come with shout of acclamation and take me home . We look at first Thessalonians 4 , verses 16 and 17 . For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout , with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God , and the dead in Christ shall rise first . Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air , and so shall we ever be with the Lord .
Speaker 2And then we get to the refrain , probably the best refrain that I can think of in music , certainly in hymns full-on praise and worship , guys , I mean . Then sings my soul , my Savior , god , to thee , how great thou art . So go to Psalm 145 , verse 3, . Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised , and his greatness is unsearchable . So , guys , you could spend the rest of the year just focusing in on the scriptural truths in this psalm alone and still not get all the way through it , but I'll leave you with this . The world is obsessed with greatness , right ? I mean it's all over the place Like it's the goat
debates for sports or movies or music or whatever . And for men , many of us have even fallen victim to the siren song of the pursuit of personal glory . Right , glory for our name . But there is only one who is worthy of the title great , and that is our God , and our souls should sing to him .
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