Lyrics
Intro
Ike Nile
Chorus (x4)
Chim di ebube (God is able)
Chim di ebube (God is able)
Odigi ogbanwe (He never changes)
Verse 1
Ike nile di naka gi (All power is in Your hands)
Ike nile di naka gi o (Everything is in your hands)
Nmadu nile di naka gi o (Everybody is in Your hands)
Ihe nile di naka gi (All power is in Your hands)
Ike nile di naka gi (All power is in Your hands)
Nmadu nile di naka gi o (Everybody is in Your hands)
Nmadu nile di naka gi o (Everybody is in Your hands)
(Holy Ghost tongues)
Bridge
Ihe nile di naka gi (All power is in Your hands)
Ike nile di naka gi (All power is in Your hands)
Nobody is too small for You to settle
Ihe nile di naka gi (All power is in Your hands)
Nobody eh
Ihe nile di naka gi (All power is in Your hands)
Because of You there is a shifting
Ike nile di naka gi (All power is in Your hands)
A shift for You child of God
Ihe nile di naka gi (All power is in Your hands)
Outro
What is it that You cannot change?
What is it that You cannot provide?
What is it that You cannot change?
What is it that You cannot do?
That is making You to cry
That is making You to murmur ...
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
“Iké Nilé (All Power)” by Minister GUC is an Igbo worship song that carries its own English glosses in the lyric. The opening chant, “Chim di ebube (God is able)” and “Odigi ogbanwe (He never changes),” is repeated until it becomes a plain confession of God’s ability and constancy. The main line, “Ike nile di naka gi,” is glossed as “All power is in Your hands,” and it is extended to “Everybody is in Your hands.”
The bridge makes the claim personal: “Nobody is too small for You to settle,” followed by a call for a shift in the life of a child of God. The song closes with a series of questions, “What is it that You cannot change? What is it that You cannot provide? What is it that You cannot do?”
The confession of unchanging power is close to Malachi 3:6, Jeremiah 32:27, and Matthew 28:18. The song’s emphasis is trust that no situation sits outside God’s reach.
Related Scripture
- Jeremiah 32:27 “Is there any thing too hard for me?”
- Malachi 3:6 “I am the LORD, I change not,” close to “Odigi ogbanwe”
- Matthew 28:18 All power given to Jesus in heaven and earth