As many of you have noticed, we’ve started introducing a new song each month (or so). This month the worship leaders and I have decided on “Behold Him.”
The song was written by Paul Baloche. He has been writing worship songs for many years and has written songs like “Open the Eyes of My Heart” and “Your Name.”
Here are the lyrics:
Verse 1
He who was before there was light
Walked across the pages of time
He who made every living thing
Behold Him
Verse 2
He who heard humanity's cry
Left His throne to wake as a child
He became like the least of us
Behold Him
Chorus
Jesus, Son of God, Messiah
The Lamb, the roaring Lion
Oh, be still and behold Him
Verse 3
He who dined with sinners and saints
Healed the blind, the lost and the lame
Even now He is in our midst
Behold Him
Verse 4
He who chose a criminal's end
Paid with blood to settle our debt
Buried death as He rose to life
Behold Him
Chorus
Jesus, Son of God, Messiah
The Lamb, the roaring Lion
Oh, be still and behold Him
Jesus, Alpha and Omega
Our God, the risen Savior
Oh, be still and behold Him
Bridge
Holy, holy, holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Worthy, worthy, worthy
To receive all praise
Reflection
By repeating that phrase “behold Him,” Baloche is saying the same thing Helen Lemmel was saying in 1918 when she started her song with, “Oh soul, are you weary and troubled? No light in the darkness you see?”
John the Baptist said, “Behold, the lamb of God!” (John 1:36). Jesus told His mother on the cross, “Woman, behold, your son!” (John 19:26). In times like these when every news outlet is urging us to behold what they have to say about the upcoming election or the war on Israel, we need to lift up our eyes to the hills (Psalm 121:1), looking unto Jesus (Hebrews 12:2). I pray this song will help us look on something that can impact us in ways nothing else can. I pray the song will help us behold Him.
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