"10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)" Matt Redman: What The Song Means (My Perspective)

In this post, I am going to tell you ultimately what this song means to me. Some people sing songs just to sing them, but I really grasp what each of them means, especially when it comes to church. We sing songs to worship God but how can we worship Him in what we are singing if we do not understand ourselves what we are singing means. Tomorrow my fellow Praise Team members and I are singing "10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)" by Matt Redman for the special at church. I've had about three days since I learned we were singing this for the special to really think about what the song means. I think I'd heard the song a few times before, but it's been a few years ago and at that time I wasn't saved. So then I really didn't know what the song meant. How could I really? I really love this song. I have been singing it nonstop since Wednesday evening. It is such an amazing song, and I think when I tell you what it means to me, you will know why and I think you will think it's amazing too.

I'm going to start with the verses and end with the chorus. Though the verses say quite a lot, the chorus ties it all together and means the most, to me at least.

"The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning

It's time to sing Your song again

Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me

Let me be singing when the evening comes"

"The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning

It's time to sing Your song again"

can be transformed into a person is newly born again and its a new start in life as God's child. This child of God will start changing and forming into a Godly person and will every single day worship Him more and more. It's time for someone to enter the family of God and begin to sing His praises.  

"Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me"

through all the trials and tribulations, fears, doubts, hurts, heartbreak, deaths, whatever happens.....

"Let me be singing when the evening comes"

allow me to still praise God through all hard tings in life up through my death so I can eternally be with Him and sing His praises forever. Let me still be singing God's praises when I die. 

"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"

"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"

This can transpose into God is always showing love, and is always forgiving. God's name is the sweetest name I know because He is so warm and tenderhearted. He may get disappointed in some decisions we make but He never gives up on us. I will praise Him for all His goodness and even the bad times we go through because God is good all the time, and all the time God is good!

"Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find"

there are so many reason we should worship God! For every bad time God cancels it out with all the mercy He shares with us each and every day. He is continuously proving to us that we should follow Him. The number one reason atheists become Christians is because they get tired of trying to prove there is no God and get proven wrong that all they can do is believe.

"And on that day when my strength is failing

The end draws near and my time has come

Still my soul will sing Your praise unending

Ten thousand years and then forevermore"

"And on that day when my strength is failing

The end draws near and my time has come"

This turns into when my days on earth are getting shorter and my strength to stay alive on earth goes away. My time on earth has come to its end and my time to eternally be with the Lord is now.....

"Still my soul will sing Your praise unending"

I will still be praising Your name when I am dying but.....

"Ten thousand years and then forevermore"

I will praise Him the day I die and when I get to Heaven I will do the same thing for all eternity.

The song begins with the chorus, and the chorus is in-between each verse, and it ends with the chorus. 

When the song begins this is what you hear. 

"Bless the Lord, O my soul

O my soul

Worship His holy name

Sing like never before

O my soul

I'll worship His holy name"

In the beginning I see this as a cry out to God asking to become His child as the first verse explains the beginning of the walk with God. They are praising His name and beginning to follow Him.

Then in-between each verse it is saying no matter what Lord, I will worship you through everything. I will worship you through the storms and the sunshine. 

What you hear yet again at the end of the song is.....

"Bless the Lord, O my soul

O my soul

Worship His holy name

Sing like never before

O my soul

I'll worship His holy name"

They are now in Heaven looking back on their walk with God, worshiping His name like they always said they would. They only thing that has changed is that they are now actually with Him. But still no matter what , they stayed true to what they always promised.

I see this song as looking at a persons walk with Christ. This is a realization of how the Christian walk should be. It's not always easy, but no matter what we should still praise Him. This is what I'd like my walk to be like, and I work for it every single day. Like I said, it's not always easy, but it is most definitely all worth it in the long run. You can do anything with Christ on your side.

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

Philippians 4:13

"Take my yoke up you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Matthew 11:29

"Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all His benefits--"

Psalm 103:2

"Everyday I will praise You and extol Your name forever and ever."

Psalm 145:2

"Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name."

Psalm 103:1

To hear the song please click here.