Can't help but listen to this song as a hymn. I'm a Christian, thought I should declare myself. We listen through different ears and can hear notes of Grace where others cannot. Twas ever thus.
"I was born
I was born to be with you
In this space and time
After that and ever after.."
The Christian has been loved and chosen by God before ever he or she is born. There is an determined inevitability about his or her coming to faith. They are born to be with God. In history and in eternity.
"Only love, only love can leave such a mark
But only love, only love can heal such a scar"
God's love leaves its mark on every believer. He gives them a new heart, put's his mark upon them spiritually speaking. We are all scarred by sin and only God's forgiving love and grace in Jesus Christ can heal that scar. It is livid, he can make us living.
"I was born
I was born to sing for you
I didn't have a choice but to lift you up
And sing whatever song you wanted me to
I give you back my voice
From the womb my first cry, it was a joyful noise"
This echoes Psalm 40. "He put a new song in my mouth, our God to magnify" (40). The Christian is born to sing and declare God's praises. Our hearts desire is to praise God, we have no choice but to lift him up. He is enthroned on the praises of his church. We give him back our voices. "From the womb" I see as a reference to the new birth, or regeneration, being "born again", which takes place when the soul becomes living in faith. This produces a joyful noise, it cannot but. Even those who cannot sing with their voices now sing in their heart to their Creator.
"Justified till we die, you and I will magnify
The Magnificent
Magnificent"
The Christian is justified by faith in Jesus Christ. It's a bit theological but a short explamation is that because of Christ's death on a hill outside Jerusalem 2000 years ago and his resurrection 3 days later in Gods eyes is pardoned, forgiven and it is "just as if I'd" never ever sinned in his sight. Knowing this he or she cannot help but "magnify the Magnificent" for all that he has done for them.
While I can see how you percieved this song to be about a Christian and Christ, this song s very Marian, and looks like it is derived from the MAGNIFIcat, the canticle of Mary. The second verse could have been inspired by the lines, "My soul glorifies the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior." Also the lines, "And sing whatever song you wanted me to// I give you back my voice//From the womb my first cry, it was a joyful noise" is similar to Mary's fiat, the annunciation which she called herself the, "Handmaid of the Lord". The...
While I can see how you percieved this song to be about a Christian and Christ, this song s very Marian, and looks like it is derived from the MAGNIFIcat, the canticle of Mary. The second verse could have been inspired by the lines, "My soul glorifies the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior." Also the lines, "And sing whatever song you wanted me to// I give you back my voice//From the womb my first cry, it was a joyful noise" is similar to Mary's fiat, the annunciation which she called herself the, "Handmaid of the Lord". The Second half is the Birth of Jesus. Mary, in awe would say love leaving a mark as God(Love), leaving a mark on the world(Jesus).
Can't help but listen to this song as a hymn. I'm a Christian, thought I should declare myself. We listen through different ears and can hear notes of Grace where others cannot. Twas ever thus.
"I was born I was born to be with you In this space and time After that and ever after.."
The Christian has been loved and chosen by God before ever he or she is born. There is an determined inevitability about his or her coming to faith. They are born to be with God. In history and in eternity.
"Only love, only love can leave such a mark But only love, only love can heal such a scar"
God's love leaves its mark on every believer. He gives them a new heart, put's his mark upon them spiritually speaking. We are all scarred by sin and only God's forgiving love and grace in Jesus Christ can heal that scar. It is livid, he can make us living.
"I was born I was born to sing for you I didn't have a choice but to lift you up And sing whatever song you wanted me to I give you back my voice From the womb my first cry, it was a joyful noise"
This echoes Psalm 40. "He put a new song in my mouth, our God to magnify" (40). The Christian is born to sing and declare God's praises. Our hearts desire is to praise God, we have no choice but to lift him up. He is enthroned on the praises of his church. We give him back our voices. "From the womb" I see as a reference to the new birth, or regeneration, being "born again", which takes place when the soul becomes living in faith. This produces a joyful noise, it cannot but. Even those who cannot sing with their voices now sing in their heart to their Creator.
"Justified till we die, you and I will magnify The Magnificent Magnificent"
The Christian is justified by faith in Jesus Christ. It's a bit theological but a short explamation is that because of Christ's death on a hill outside Jerusalem 2000 years ago and his resurrection 3 days later in Gods eyes is pardoned, forgiven and it is "just as if I'd" never ever sinned in his sight. Knowing this he or she cannot help but "magnify the Magnificent" for all that he has done for them.
greetings charloch. i just had an amazing revelation reading your post. i agree with you, and thanks so much for this. aloha!
greetings charloch. i just had an amazing revelation reading your post. i agree with you, and thanks so much for this. aloha!
While I can see how you percieved this song to be about a Christian and Christ, this song s very Marian, and looks like it is derived from the MAGNIFIcat, the canticle of Mary. The second verse could have been inspired by the lines, "My soul glorifies the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior." Also the lines, "And sing whatever song you wanted me to// I give you back my voice//From the womb my first cry, it was a joyful noise" is similar to Mary's fiat, the annunciation which she called herself the, "Handmaid of the Lord". The...
While I can see how you percieved this song to be about a Christian and Christ, this song s very Marian, and looks like it is derived from the MAGNIFIcat, the canticle of Mary. The second verse could have been inspired by the lines, "My soul glorifies the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior." Also the lines, "And sing whatever song you wanted me to// I give you back my voice//From the womb my first cry, it was a joyful noise" is similar to Mary's fiat, the annunciation which she called herself the, "Handmaid of the Lord". The Second half is the Birth of Jesus. Mary, in awe would say love leaving a mark as God(Love), leaving a mark on the world(Jesus).