10,000 Reasons

 

Chorus

“Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul, Worship His holy name.

Sing like never before, O my soul, I'll worship Your holy name.”

This praise and worship song is based upon Psalm 103:1-5. It explores how we can never run out of reasons to worship and praise God. The first five verses say:

 “Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise His holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all His benefits—who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”

G. Campbell Morgan: “It is perhaps the most perfect song of pure praise [Psalm 103] to be found in the Bible . . . Through centuries it has been sung by glad hearts and today is as fresh and full of beauty as ever.”

The writers of 10,000 Reasons, Matt Redman and Jonas Myrin, made a list of their own reasons to worship and praise God, noting they were barely scratching the surface of God’s worth. Redman said: “If you wake up one morning and you cannot think of a reason to bring God some kind of offering of thanks or praise, then you can be sure there's something wrong at your end of the pipeline, and not His. We live beneath an unceasing flow of goodness, kindness, greatness, and holiness, and every day we're given reason after reason why Jesus is so completely and utterly worthy of our highest and best devotion."

He says it well. The second verse of this praise song says:

"You're rich in love and You're slow to anger,

Your name is great and Your heart is kind.

For all Your goodness, I will keep on singing.

Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find.”

BlueletterBible.org: “David called upon his soul to bless Yahweh. It was as if David looked at his soul and understood that it was not praising God enough. He called upon his soul to do more . . . David understood that true worship was something deeply inward of the soul. It is not just about outward forms or expressions, but also about something real from the soul."

“Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul, Worship His holy name." I encourage you to rise each day and bless the Lord, remembering all the goodness that comes from Him. There are 10,000 reasons and more!

By His Grace . . .