Ken je dat? Het moment dat je iets hoort dat de woorden rechtstreeks in je hart belanden? Dat had ik een tijd geleden toen ik voor het eerst het Engelstalige gedicht hoorde van Isaac Wimberley, The Word. Kippenvel had ik, van mijn kruin tot aan mijn tenen. De tranen stonden in mijn ogen, zo kwamen de woorden van deze man aan in mijn hart. Zo mooi en zo een waarheid.
Helemaal bijzonder want ik was gewoon lekker muziek aan het luisteren en opzoeken op youtube, toen ik de live versie opzette van Forever van Kari Jobe in Dallas, ondertussen was ik alweer iets anders aan het doen, toen ik in ene het gedicht hoorde. Het was alsof regelrecht tegen mij gesproken werd, ook de intonatie, de kracht en de overtuiging waarmee Isaac Wimberley het gedicht opzegt is zo krachtig… En omdat ik dit zo mooi vind wil ik het graag met jullie delen. Hieronder vind je de geschreven tekst en onder de tekst de versie van het nummer waarin het gedicht voor komt. De video duurt ongeveer 13 minuten en rond de 6 minuut 40 komt Isaac naar voren met het gedicht. Deze is echt de moeite waard om te zien.
“The Word”
A Spoken Word written & performed by Isaac Wimberley
If there are words for Him, Then, I don’t have them.
You see my brain has not yet reached the point
Where it could form a thought that could adequately describe the greatness of my God
And my lungs – have not yet developed the ability to release a breath with enough agility to breathe out the greatness of His love
And my voice – You see my voice is so inhibited restrained by human limits, that it’s hard to even send the praise up
You see – if there are words for Him, Then, I don’t have them
My God
His Grace is remarkable, Mercies are innumerable,
Strength is impenetrable
He is honourable, accountable, favourable
He’s UNSEARCHABLE, yet knowable
INDEFINABLE, yet approachable
INDESCRIBABLE, yet personal
He is beyond comprehension, Further than imagination
Constant through generations, King of every nation
But if there are words for Him, then, I don’t have them
You see my words are few
And in trying to capture the one true God
Using my vocabulary would never do
But I use words as an expression
An expression of worship – to A SAVIOR
A Savior who is both worthy and deserving of my praise
So I use words (SELAH)
My heart EXTOLS the Lord, blesses His name forever He has won my heart, captured my mind
And has – bound them both together
He has DEFEATED me in my rebellion
CONQUERED me in my sin
He has WELCOMED me into His presence
Completely invited me in
He has made Himself the object of my sight
Flooding me with mercies in the morning
Drowning me with grace in the night
But if there are words for Him, Then, I don’t have them.
But what I DO HAVE is: GOOD NEWS
For my God knew that man-made words – would never do
The words are just tools – that we use to point to the Truth
So He sent His Son Jesus Christ as – THE Word
LIVING PROOF
He is the image of the invisible God
The FIRST BORN of all Creation
For by Him all things were created
Giving nothingness – FORMATION
And by His Word He sustains in the POWER of His name
For He is before all things – And over all things He reigns
HOLY is His name
So PRAISE HIM for His life (SELAH)
The way he persevered in strife
The humble Son of God becoming the – PERFECT SACRIFICE
PRAISE HIM for His death (SELAH)
That He willingly stood in our place,
That He lovingly endured the grave
That He BATTLED our Enemy
And on the THIRD DAY ROSE in victory (SELAH)
He is everything that was promised
Praise Him as the Risen King, Lift your voice and sing
For one day He will return for us
And we will finally be – united with our Savior for eternity
ETERNITY (SELAH)
So it’s not just words that I proclaim
For my words point to The Word
And The Word has a name:
HOPE has a name!
JOY has a name!
PEACE has a name!
LOVE has a name!
And that name is JESUS CHRIST!
PRAISE. HIS NAME. FOREVER!
Geniet en veel zegen, Sabina
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