We sang yet another excellent song from Sovereign Grace Ministries this Sunday. The song centers on our Lord’s great renown and our desire to see His name praised in all the earth. It is encouraging to see so many singing this song with all their heart and soul. The song also serves to reorient one’s life in the proper direction. May God bless and encourage us all with this song.
Your Great Renown
Words by Eric Grover
Music by Eric Grover and Steve Cook
Verse One
Our hearts are longing for
The glory of the Lord
To be made known in all the Earth
Lord let Your kingdom come
Lord let Your will be done
Yours is the greatest name of all
Chorus
We want to see the nations bow
We want to hear the rising sound
Of the worship that You deserve
We want this passion to abound
A burden for Your great renown
Yours is the greatest name of all
Verse Two
Our hearts are longing for
The wisdom of the Lord
To be proclaimed in all the Earth
Your ways are higher than
The dreams of any man
Yours is the greatest name of all
Verse Three
Our hearts are hungry for
The power of the Lord
To be displayed in all the Earth
The message of the Cross
Will bring hope to the lost
Yours is the greatest name of all
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Click here to hear a sample of this song’s melody. You can access a copy of the guitar chord sheet here. You can order a CD with this song on it here or you can download the song for 99 ¢ here − both complements of Sovereign Grace Ministries. Also, I found an interesting interview of Steve Cook, that you might want to read to learn more about him and Sovereign Grace‘s music ministry.
∼striving for the unity of the faith for the glory of God∼ Eph. 4:3,13 “¢ Rom. 15:5-7
Bob,
Do you think that this hymn would be ‘inappropriate’ theologically if a church that is premillennial used it for worship? (By the way, I don’t think it is) Although it seems to be eschatologically neutral, is this hymn oriented toward a post-millennial eschatology?
Larry,
I don’t know if neutral is the right word. Clearly in the millennium (assuming premillennialism for the moment) God’s glory will be made known in all the whole earth.
Is. 11:9 “They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.”
The song would have us yearning for the consummation of God’s promises to us as embodied in the millennial age.
And then before Christ will come, we have the following promise.
Matt. 24:14 ” And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.”
So the song certainly applies well to premillennialism. Yet with amillennialism and postmillennialism there is also a desire for God’s rule to be even more complete and more efficacious in effect. Certainly postmillennialists expect this to be a reality before Christ’s return. And amillennialism has plenty of room for optimism and hope in a postmillennial-like glory of God covering the whole earth. With Is. 11:9 above, it seems that both these positions would not yet see that verse as ultimately realized and would long for it to be so. But again, in any case, before Christ’s return (which both of these positions eagerly await) Matt. 24:14 will be fulfilled.
Interesting question, Larry. Are you premil? As for myself, I respect the historic premil position, but I tend toward amillennialism or postmillennialism at present.
God bless!
Yep, I’m Premillennialist. I’m basically along the lines of MacArthur (Reformed Baptist) and others who are of a premillennial persuasion eschatologically. The reason why I used the term ‘neutral’ was because I thought it could be used by all persuasions eschatologically, in the reasons you gave above.
I really liked the song. On another note, what kind of instrumentation was used for this hymn? Unfortunately, my church is much more ‘contemporary’ than traditional when it comes to the use of instrumentation; we have many more keyboardists, drummers, and guitarists than those who play more classical instruments.
Mostly pop-type contemporary accompaniment, although there was a violinist playing as well. I like the contemporary sound but still enjoy the fact that our church also sings hymns most every service. And occasionally we have a more traditional accompaniment with some orchestral instruments or choirs at times, too.
Hi guys,
Just to ease everyone’s minds, I had no millenial thoughts when I wrote those lyrics. I was thinking of the Isaiah 11 passage and Revelation 5:
11 Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!†13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!â€
If you are interested in a song along the same lines that I think is a better song, check out Sovereign Grace’s new CD based on the Valley Of Vision. Bob Kauflin has a great new song called “Let Your Kingdom Come”.
Glad to find that the song was useful to you.
Eric,
Thanks for stopping by! This is a first for me: to have the author of the song I blogged about give some comments.
I really do appreciate your song. At Bethlehem Baptist Church (John Piper’s church) we sing it fairly often (every 5-6 weeks or so). It is a blessing each time.
I’ll be sure to check out that song you mentioned by Bob Kauflin. I have and really enjoy Songs for the Cross Centered Life. I hope one day to order more music from Sovereign Grace, and the Valley of Vision CD sounds good.
God bless, and keep blessing the wider church of Christ with your great music!
Bob Hayton