Whole Heart (Hold me now) - Hillsong

Hold me now in the hands that created the heavensFind me now where the grace runs as deep as Your scarsYou pulled me from the clay set me on a rockCalled me by Your Name and made my heart whole again   Lifted up and my knees know it’s all for Your gloryThat I might stand with more reasons to sing than to fearYou pulled me from the clay set me on a rockCalled me by Your Name and made my heart whole again   So here I standHigh in surrenderI need You nowHold my heartNow and foreverMy soul cries out   Once I was brokenBut You loved my whole heart throughSin has no hold on me ‘cause Your grace holds me now   And that grace owns the ground where the grave didWhere all my shame remains left for dead in Your wakeYou crashed those age-old gates, You left no stone unturnedYou stepped out of that grave and shouldered me all the way   Once I was brokenBut You loved my whole heart throughSin has no hold on me ‘cause Your grace holds me nowHealed and forgivenLook where my chains are nowDeath has no hold on me‘Cause Your grace holds that groundAnd Your grace holds me now   Hello there friends,This week we’re looking at Whole Heart, a song from Hillsong.Originally I wrestled with the live version of the song for a few reasons, but recently stumbled upon an acoustic version and absolutely loved it. So now I’m excited to bring you all the reasons why I loved the lyrics of the song, as well as a great version of it to listen to!   This song is all about God stepping into our brokenness, our hurt, our pain, our loss, our struggles and about us stepping into that place; allowing ourselves to be vulnerable with God.    The opening contrast of a God, whose hands created the heavens, being invited to hold us, to hold our hearts. There’s so many great lines in the song but I “Lifted up and my knees know it’s all for your glory” is my favourite. As if the praise that we receive, the achievements we gain, the status that we earn is all for God’s glory, our position on our knees before him remind us of his greatness and our place before him.I love the image of grace owning the ground where the grave did, as well as the picture of Jesus shouldering us all the way out of the grave and into new life. These pictures are there to help us trust Him again. We remember what God has done for us and so trust him to hold our hearts, to be vulnerable, to wrestle, yell, cry, fight and above all trust.This imagery runs really well through the chorus as well, we see sin having no hold on us, because we are covered by grace. We who are a new creation in Christ are no longer bound by our past failures, our brokenness, our sins but instead Jesus makes us clean, pure, blameless in his sight. Death loses its power because God’s grace for us brings us new life; and that same grace which saves us from death, is the grace that holds us now.    What a wonderful picture.   Hope this song is a blessing to you; for the guitar is great, the pianos lovely and the simple harmonies work really well; it’s just a great song to listen to and soak in.   As always, much love and many blessings   Diz