Introduction
There are two songs I’d like to cover this week. Both take a look at God over the course of the Bible. The first, He Is, by Aaron Jeoffrey is one we listened to last week, and we’ll come back for a revisit this week. This goes over an impression of God through each of the books of the Bible. The second, Dayenu by Michelle Gold is more of a view of God through the events of the Scripture.
He Is
Jeoffrey Benward has been in Christian Music since the 70’s. In the early 90’s, his son, Aaron, indicated that he wanted to work with his father in music. The two began recording together as Aaron Joeffrey, and had several albums that went high in the charts, including 14 top 5 radio singles, 9 of which made it to #1. The two have since gone on to separate careers[1]. Aaron’s son Luke had the lead role of Billy Forrester in “How to Eat Fried Worms”.
He Is[2]
Jeoffrey Benward & Aaron Benward
In Genesis, He’s the breath of life
In Exodus, the Passover Lamb
In Leviticus, He’s our High Priest
Numbers, The fire by night
Deuteronomy, He’s Moses’ voice
In Joshua, He is salvation’s choice
Judges, law giver
In Ruth, the kinsmen-redeemer
First and second Samuel, our trusted prophet
In Kings and Chronicles, He’s sovereignEzra, true and faithful scribe
Nehemiah, He’s the rebuilder of broken walls and lives
In Esther, He’s Mordecai’s courage
In Job, the timeless redeemer
In Psalms, He is our morning songIn Proverbs, wisdom’s cry
Ecclesiastes, the time and season
In the Song of Solomon, He is the lover’s dreamHe is, He is, HE IS!
In Isaiah, He’s Prince of Peace
Jeremiah, the weeping prophet
In Lamentations, the cry for Israel
Ezekiel, He’s the call from sin
In Daniel, the stranger in the fireIn Hosea, He is forever faithful
In Joel, He’s the Spirits power
In Amos, the arms that carry us
In Obadiah, He’s the Lord our Savior
In Jonah, He’s the great missionaryIn Micah, the promise of peace
In Nahum, He is our strength and our shield
In Habakkuk and Zephaniah, He’s pleading for revival
In Haggai, He restores a lost heritage
In Zechariah, our fountainIn Malachi, He is the son of righteousness rising with healing in His wings
He is, He is, HE IS!
In Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, He is God, Man, Messiah
In the book of Acts, He is fire from heaven
In Romans, He’s the grace of God
In Corinthians, the power of love
In Galatians, He is freedom from the curse of sinEphesians, our glorious treasure
Philippians, the servants heart
In Colossians, He’s the Godhead Trinity
Thessalonians, our coming King
In Timothy, Titus, Philemon He’s our mediator and our faithful PastorIn Hebrews, the everlasting covenant
In James, the one who heals the sick.
In First and Second Peter, he is our Shepherd
In John and in Jude, He is the lover coming for His bride
In the Revelation, He is King of Kings and Lord of LordsHe is, He is, HE IS!
The prince of peace
The Son of man
The Lamb of God
The great I AMHe’s the alpha and omega
Our God and our Savior
He is Jesus Christ the Lord
and when time is no more
He is, HE IS!
Dayenu
Dayenu is a Hebrew word that comes from the Passover celebration, and roughly translated means “it would have been enough”. The traditional use is in a song that is part of the Passover celebration, and that’s something we might take a look at in a future session. In this case, there is a Christian adaptation of the concept, performed by Nashville artist, Michelle Gold. Michelle describes herself as a Jewish believer in Yeshua, and this song combines both the Jewish roots of Christianity and her presentation of God throughout history.
Dayenu (It Would Have Been Enough)
©2005 Michelle Gold
If You had only blessed this day in history
And rescued my people from the darkness of the enemy
And never given us more than we’d ever hoped or plannedWe would have praised You
For your mighty hand & faithful love
Say’n it would have been enough!You brought us out from slavery
From great oppression to a life that’s free
From sorrow to joy
From mourning to dancing, Halle- Hallelujah!!!Chorus:
Dayenu, Dayenu, Dayenu, It would have been enough
Dayenu, Dayenu, Dayenu, It would have been enoughIf You had only given us the blessing of your law
And never shown us all the wonders that we saw
Your loving voice has given us wisdom & powerWe would have praised You
Every hour for things we’re not worthy of
Say’n it would have been enough!Your Word has lasted throughout the years
It’s liberation from all my fears
I know the miracles that You’ve done
And the future of the world that’s yet to come, Halle- Hallelujah!!!(Chorus)
And if Yeshua (Jesus) had only come to atone,
A Passover lamb, for the redemption of my soulGiving us freedom, giving us heaven here on earth
We would have praised You
For your matchless worth & mercy on us
Say’n it would have been enough!He died and rose again giving us life
He lives in our hearts, & we will never die
Cause there’s a mansion in the sky
Where there’s no more tears & no more wars to fight, Halle- Hallelujah!!!(Chorus)
Ilu hotzi hostzi-anu, hotzi-anu mi-mitzrayim[3],
Dayenu, It would have been enough, Oh
Ilu natan natan lanu, natan lanu et Yeshua, Dayenu, oh[4]Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, He is good
Dayenu, It would have been enough
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Track 4 from The Very Best of Aaron Jeofrey (2006) Song Star Records https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/very-best-of-aaron-jeoffrey/id204241088 ↩
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Translation - If You had just saved us from Egypt, it would have been enough ↩
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Translation - If You had just given us the Messiah, Yeshua, It would have been enough ↩
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