What a great heart warming performance from another touching episode of American Idol! During the “Give Back” Campaign of American Idol, they closed their program with a shocking and moving song written by Worship Leader: Darlene Zschech from Hillsong Church in Sydney Australia! The only “ironic problem” to this song and performance was that the lyrics were changed. They mentioned “shepherd” and “savior” which is true to the lyric of Darlene and the intent of the song, but void of one major word: JESUS!
Here is the original lyric written by Darlene Zschech:
My Jesus, My Savior
Lord there is none like You
All of my days, I want to praise
The wonders of Your mighty love
My Comfort, My Shelter
Tower of refuge and strength
Let every breath, all that I am
Never cease to worship You
Now I know that anyone who is a Christian will know who the “shepherd” is as defined in scripture, but Christians also need to be careful in thinking that this was a message that “glorified God”. The big problem with this however is the subtlety of removing the name of JESUS and allowing every person to insert “their own savior” into the message. A message without Jesus Christ is no message. While God is being “SHOUTED” and performed with good intentions, Jesus Christ (The only way, truth and life) is not being seen, acknowledged or even worshiped. The greatest demonstration of God’s glory was found in His son!
I know that God can speak to people’s hearts through that song, but be careful to glorify things that do not ultimately Glorify the Son.
To see for yourself check out the live video in my blogroll list…………
(The Gospel begins and ends with Jesus.)
They ended up performing the song again and getting the song right. Some of the Idol Artists that are Christians spoke up and said that they wanted the lyrics to include Jesus and Savior. That is a step in the right direction at least.