Here I Am To Worship (Light Of The World)

Here I Am To Worship (Light Of The World)
Worship
Author: Tim Hughes

Scripture References: 1 John 4:19
Verse Text: “We love because He first loved us.”

‘Light of the World, You stepped down into darkness. Opened my eyes let me see. Beauty that made this heart adore You. Hope of a life spent with You.’
Whenever we worship it always comes out of a response. In 1 John 4:19 it says, “We love because he first loved us.” We can only worship God when we see what it is that God has first done for us. As Richard Foster put it, “Worship is our response to the overtures of love from the heart of the Father”

When Jesus walked the earth, people responded to Him because in some way he’d touched them and revealed something of his heart for them. Whether it was the healing of a blind man, the raising of the dead, the loving of the unlovable or simply the offer of friendship, Jesus revealed His love and power to us on earth. For those who encountered Jesus and whose eyes had been opened, their response was to acknowledge Him as Lord. As the centurion at the foot of the cross said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!” (Mark 15:39)

‘King of all days, Oh so highly exalted. Glorious in Heaven above.
Humbly You came to the earth You created. All for love’s sake became poor.’


Despite this however, sometimes it can be so easy to lose the wonder of it all. We can get so familiar with the story of the cross and the very fact that Jesus gave up everything to walk on the earth, that we lose the mystery. As G.K. Chesterton said, “Sometimes our religion is ‘more a theory than a love affair.’” When we really think about it, the life of Jesus is totally amazing. He was in very nature God enjoying all the glory and splendor of Heaven. Yet so that we could receive His mercy and know eternal life, He humbled Himself and made Himself nothing. He even became obedient to death on a cross. (Philippians 2:6-11) That is truly amazing!

So here I am to worship, here I am to bow down.
Here I am to say that You’re my God.
You’re altogether lovely, altogether worthy.
Altogether wonderful to me.
When we take time to really consider the sacrifice Jesus took upon himself for our sake, and allow the mystery of it to sink in to our hearts, the response will be worship. Like the sinful lady who poured out a years wages worth of perfume over Jesus’ feet, because of the new hope she had of spending a life with Him in eternity, so too will we want to pour out our hearts in worship. Maybe we need to return once again to consider the cost of Jesus’ life and remind ourselves of the wonder of it all.

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Song Title: Here I am to Worship
Artist: Hillsongs Various Artists

Verse I : D – A – Em D – A - G

D A
Light of the world
Em
You stepped down into darkness
D A
Open my eyes
G
Let me see


Verse II :

D A
Beauty that make
Em
This heart adore you
D A
Hope Father love
G pause
Spent with you


Chorus:

D
Here I am to worship
A/C#
Here I am to bow down
Bm G
Here I am to say that you're my God
D
You're altogether lovely
A/C#
Altogether worthy
Bm G D A G
Altogether wonderful to me


Verse III :

D A
King of all days
Em
Oh so highly exalted
D A G
Glorious in heaven above


Verse IV:

D A
Humbly You came
Em
To the earth You’ve created
D A
All for love sake
G
Became poor


Chorus:
D
Here I am to worship
A/C#
Here I am to bow down
Bm G
Here I am to say that you're my God
D
You're altogether lovely
A/C#
Altogether worthy
Bm G
Altogether wonderful to me


Coda:

A D G
I’ll never know how much it cost
A D G
To see my sins upon that Cross
A D G
I’ll never know how much it cost
A D G
To see my sins upon that Cross


D A
Call upon the name of the Lord
Bm G
And be saved
D A
Call upon the name of the Lord
Bm G
And be saved


Chorus:
D
Here I am to worship
A/C#
Here I am to bow down
Bm G
Here I am to say that you're my God
D
You're altogether lovely
A/C#
Altogether worthy
Bm G
Altogether wonderful to me