Most of you who read my blog posts know that music is one of my great loves. It can be one of the most powerful influences in our lives.

So, I listen a lot! Almost exclusively to the local Christian radio station. But back in the days after Dale’s death, I put in some of my favorite “MercyMe” CDs and cried along to so many of their songs.

I don’t feel the need to encourage those tears and that grieving after 7 ½ years, but there are still songs that make me tear up.

The songs that have become the most influential in my life lately are those that highlight the power of God. What makes music so magical is the way it blends meaningful lyrics that echo scriptural truths with the beauty of melody, harmony, and instrumental accompaniment.

Such is the case with one of my current favorites. I wouldn’t have guessed it would land in that coveted spot because it tends towards the loud, raucous end of the music spectrum.

The song is “Count ‘Em” by Brandon Lake and I’ll post the video below. I’m also including the words so you can look at them without the music, if you so choose, so the music doesn’t influence how you feel about the lyrics. Don’t miss the rest of this post after the lyrics!

Listen specifically for the chorus, “You are the Lord, holy” which we’ll talk about in a bit.

You got thunder in Your vocal, You got flames in Your eyes.
You got wonder-working power pouring out of Your side.
Checked the tomb all the way through, the grave was empty inside.
Ain’t no other pull the greatest miracle of all time.

You got power, demons cower when they hear Your name called.
You got power that still towers, make Goliath look small.
You got power to devour any counterfeit roar.
Even Your tongue is a sword, count up the score.

You are the Lord, Holy. You are the Lord, Holy. You are the Lord, Holy. You are the Lord, Holy

All those funerals You ruined when You made the dead rise.
Heaven’s healer using spit and mud to open blind eye.
You got wonders I can’t number, couldn’t count if I tried.
Called the doctor and the doctor said, “I’m giving new life.

Tell your enemies the victory is already here.
More than sixty thousand angels, just the tip of the spear.”
One day every knee will bow and every heart will be Yours.
This is the end of a war, count up the score.

You are the Lord, Holy. You are the Lord, Holy. You are the Lord, Holy. You are the Lord, Holy

How many enemies ended on bended knees, swallowed up in defeat?
Can’t count ’em.

How many raging seas opened in front of me? How many victories?
Can’t count ’em.

How many prophecies no one would dare believe? Now it’s reality.
Can’t count ’em.

How many broken men given a second chance? See all the lifted hands.
Can’t count ’em

How many Thomases doubted Your promises standing here, now convinced?
Can’t count ’em.

How many hospitals said it’s impossible? How many miracles?
Can’t count ’em.

How many paralyzed living a different life? Go on and testify.
Can’t count ’em.

How many sinners saved? How many bodies raised? How many empty graves?
Can’t count ’em.

You are the Lord, Holy. You are the Lord, Holy. You are the Lord, Holy. You are the Lord, Holy.

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Brandon Lake / Hank Bentley / Jacob Sooter

What I feel every time I listen to this song over the past year or so is God’s incredible power. And yet I know one song can’t possibly fully represent that. We just get whispers of it in the snippets of a song such as this.

But, hey, I’ll take it! Because I love the way I feel when I sing along with a song such as this. It takes me to a place where my heart and mind are completely fixed on God’s power, and I can feel it resonate deep within my soul.

However, the last time the song came on and I was singing along with Brandon, a new thought landed in my mind as I listened to the chorus. I pictured myself singing it, not just with Brandon Lake, but with all the hosts of heaven, praising God in his throne room.

The verse that came to mind is from Revelation 4:8 – “And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, ‘Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty.’”

I like to believe that God gave me just a little glimpse of what that worship might be like when we are unencumbered by the weight of the troubles in this life. It was a glorious, but fleeting, picture of of the resplendence that lies ahead for all believers.

Those are the moments that not only make me long for the new heaven and the new earth, but that encourage me to persevere and keep doing what God has called me to, until the day he calls me home.

What’s your throne room song? Meditate on worshiping God with the hosts of heaven the next time you hear it. Let God bless you and give you your own glimpse of Glory.

My mouth is filled with your praise,

and with your glory all the day.

Psalm 71:8