The Importance of Words > The Village Church

One of my favorite Worship Leaders is Michael Bleecker at The Village Church. He wrote a great blog post last year and I recall it occasionally it’s so good. I wanted to share a few thoughts from it as well as link it so you can read the rest yourself.

“Words are significant to me because I’m a songwriter as well as a worship pastor. There are many words in our songs that I’ve had to look up over the years (Ebenezer, fetters). There are also words that I thought I had clarity on, but when asked to explain them, I just caused confusion.

Let’s take Ebenezer for an example. What does that mean? My mind immediately goes to a grumpy old man screaming, “Cratchit!” But we know from 1 Samuel 7:12 that it’s a “stone of help” (Eben is Hebrew for stone, and ezer is Hebrew for help) erected to remind Israel of God’s faithfulness to help and restore them.

Knowing this as I sing, “Here I raise my Ebenezer, here by Thy great help I’m come,” has brought great weight to these old words.

What about words we sing, pray or say all the time like blessing, hallelujah or mercy? Can you give someone a good definition for words like sanctified, justified, holy, righteous, grace, glory or even amen?”

PLEASE read the rest at…

The Importance of Words > The Village Church.