Have you been coming to our Youth and Family Singings? Once a month, we try to bring our older and younger members together to learn songs to add to our Sunday worship. It is a wonderful time of fellowship as we practice together, growing closer to each other in order to enrich our worship.
I am especially eager to add one particular song to our Sunday services. “Only a Holy God” is a very special song. Not only does it have a beautiful melody and gorgeous harmonies, it has lyrics that rival some of our most beloved hymns. It truly is a song that brings out the melody of our hearts (cf. Eph. 5:19).
In each stanza of the song, we ask several questions that have a single answer: only a holy God. Each question points out one of the magnificent qualities that are entirely unique to our Father in heaven. There is no one like God.
In the first verse, we ask, “Who else commands all the hosts of heaven? Who else could make every king bow down? Who else can whisper and darkness trembles? Only a Holy God.” Our God is sovereign. There is nothing in creation that can challenge His rule. No angel, no emperor, not even the laws of nature. They are all sustained and subsist by His good pleasure. He is the potter, and we are the clay (cf. Rom. 9:20-21).
In the second verse, we ask, “What other beauty demands such praises? What other splendor outshines the sun? What other majesty rules with justice? Only a Holy God.” Our God is worthy our adoration. He is the creator of all things beautiful, but His beauty is not superficial. It is as grounded as His perfect justice (cf. Is. 30:18).
In the third verse, we sing, “What other glory consumes like fire? What other power can raise the dead? What other name remains undefeated? Only a Holy God.” Our God has done incomparable works. No idol of man has done any good work, let alone anything close to the works of Jehovah. God alone remains unmatched. “With God, all things are possible” (Matt. 19:26).
In the final verse, we ask, “Who else could rescue me from my failing? Who else would offer His only Son? Who else invites me to call Him Father? Only a Holy God.” Our God is loving. Each of us have sinned against this most holy God. None of us deserve His mercy, yet He was willing to offer His most precious Son to die in our stead and welcome us into His heavenly family. What a holy God we serve.
Have you learned “Only a Holy God” yet? Come practice with us as we learn this song that expresses the wonderful, unique majesty of our most holy God.