Lyrics
You laid aside Your majesty
Gave up everything for me
Suffered at the hands of those You created
You took all my guilt and shame
When You died and rose again
Now today You reign
In heaven and earth exalted.
I really want to worship You my Lord
You have won my heart and I am Yours,
For ever and ever, I will love You
You are the only one who died for me
Gave Your life to set me free
So I lift my voice to You in adoration.
You laid aside Your majesty
Gave up everything for me
Suffered at the hands of those You created
You took all my guilt and shame
When You died and rose again
Now today You reign
In heaven and earth exalted.
I really want to worship You my Lord
You have won my heart and I am Yours,
For ever and ever, I will love You
You are the only one who died for me
Gave Your life to set me free
So I lift my voice to You in adoration.
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Meaning & Inspiration
You Laid Aside Your Majesty reflects on Christ’s humility, suffering, resurrection, and exaltation. The opening section traces a movement from heavenly majesty to sacrificial death, presenting his willingness to bear guilt and shame as the ground of salvation. It then turns to the risen Christ, now reigning in heaven and on earth. This contrast gives the song a clear pattern of descent, sacrifice, victory, and praise.
The response is personal adoration rather than an attempt to repay grace. Love, belonging, and freedom arise from Christ giving his life, and the lifted voice becomes an answer to what he has done. The song closely parallels the biblical portrait of Christ humbling himself and later being highly exalted. It also echoes passages that connect his wounds and death with freedom from sin. By repeating both sections, the lyric keeps Christ’s saving work and the worshiper’s grateful response together as one sustained confession.
Related Scripture
- Philippians 2:6-11 Christ humbles himself to death and is then highly exalted.
- 1 Peter 2:24 Peter says that Christ bore sins in his body so that sinners might live in righteousness.