Hillsong Worship - What A Beautiful Name It Is Lyrics
Lyrics
You were the Word at the beginning One with God the Lord Most High Your hidden glory in creation Now revealed in You our Christ
What a beautiful Name it is What a beautiful Name it is The Name of Jesus Christ my King What a beautiful Name it is Nothing compares to this What a beautiful Name it is The Name of Jesus
You didn’t want heaven without us So Jesus You brought heaven down My sin was great Your love was greater What could separate us now
What a wonderful Name it is What a wonderful Name it is The Name of Jesus Christ my King What a wonderful Name it is Nothing compares to this What a wonderful Name it is The Name of Jesus What a wonderful Name it is The Name of Jesus
Bridge Death could not hold You The veil tore before You You silence the boast of sin and grave The heavens are roaring The praise of Your glory For You are raised to life again
You have no rival You have no equal Now and forever God You reign Yours is the kingdom Yours is the glory Yours is the Name above all names
What a powerful Name it is What a powerful Name it is The Name of Jesus Christ my King What a powerful Name it is Nothing can stand against What a powerful Name it is The Name of Jesus
What a powerful Name it is The Name of Jesus What a powerful Name it is The Name of Jesus
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What A Beautiful Name - Hillsong Worship
Meaning & Inspiration
I keep coming back to those first lines about the Word at the beginning. It takes me straight to the start of John’s gospel, that idea that everything was there in the beginning with God. It makes sense, right? If He’s the Word, then the whole of creation is just Him speaking. It’s heavy to think about, that the same One who put the stars in place is the one who walked here as a person. I guess that’s what the song is getting at when it says His glory was hidden in creation before being revealed in Christ. It feels solid, like it’s holding onto the truth that Jesus isn’t just some later addition to the story, but the point of the whole thing from the start.
Then there’s that part about not wanting heaven without us. It makes me stop and wonder, because while I know the Bible talks about God’s love being so immense that He couldn’t let us stay lost, I sometimes worry about framing it like heaven wasn't good enough without us. Is that even biblical? Or is it just a way of putting human emotion onto a God who is already complete in Himself? Maybe it’s just trying to capture the urgency of the incarnation, how He really did leave that place to bridge the gap. I look at those lines about the veil tearing, and it puts me right back at the temple curtain ripping when He died. That part feels undeniably true—the idea that He broke through what was separating us.
It’s bold to sing that He has no rival. I mean, the prophets are always shouting about how there’s no other god, how He sits alone in His power. But then the song moves into the power of the Name, and I have to ask myself if I’m just singing words or if I actually believe that nothing can stand against that Name. I find myself circling back to the tension of it all—the intimacy of Him coming down here, paired with the sheer weight of Him being the King who reigns over everything. It’s hard to wrap my head around that kind of contrast, but maybe that’s the point, that I’m not supposed to fully grasp it, just stand in the middle of it and try to make sense of why He’d choose to be that close to someone like me.