Hillsong Worship - "What a Beautiful Name" (Story Behind the Song)
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We all love the worship song by Hillsong Worship, titled, "What a Beautiful Name". But where did the idea of that song come from? Singer/songwriter/recording artist Brooke Ligertwood (who sings lead on the recording) tells us the story behind the song.
On the blog of their website, Hillsong deconstructs the power behind the name of Jesus, and when that's done, it becomes a pallet of properties to describe how very beautiful the name is.
What hides in the name of Jesus?
The name of Jesus encompasses more than we can hope or imagine—more beauty, more wonder, more power.
Most of the song “What A Beautiful Name” was penned in a glorified cubicle in the suburbs of Sydney over a few days in December 2015. From there we spent months crafting the lyrics to riff on our core scriptures — Hebrews 1:1-4 and Colossians 1:15-20, 26-27 — yet be simple enough to make sense on a first reading. Hebrews 1:1-4 expresses with clarity and conciseness the supremacy of Jesus Christ — the radiance of God’s glory, the exact expression of His being, the creative conduit of His power. Jesus is God’s Word: powerful, authoritative and utterly supreme. He is the wonder of salvation, who reconciled us to God.
