LORD, HERE IS YADAH!

ight of the world,

You stepped down into darkness.

 Shrouded in gloom, buried in mire, lies whispered lies, into a young heart.
"You are nothing, you have no place under the sun.  Go and hide your face!"

But I know He came for the sinners and that they may have life, an abundant life!

The word of Scriptures say:

I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent." (Luke 5:32)

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. (John 10:10)

Opened my eyes, let me see

Beauty that made this heart adore You

Hope of a life spent with You.

I know, Lord, I have sinned, and I need You.  Please save me, Lord!

Thank you that You have sought me out and made me aware that you were waiting for me.  You did not give up on me.

Darkness is broken, I no longer walk in fear.  I now believe guilt feelings were lies.

Here I am to worship,

Here I am to bow down,

Here I am to say that You're my God. 

What would be my response to the beauty bestowed upon me? All for His eternal love, death on the cross, God to mortal, Kingship given up for sacrifice, righteousness for sin, how would I not be forever grateful?  You have made me to worship, My Lord. 

You're altogether lovely

All together worthy,

All together wonderful to me.

I praise You, I exalt your Name.  There is no other name above Your Name, my Father.  You have lifted me higher and now I can see the wonders of you hand.  I see loveliness in the ordinary things.  I am joyful and am so blessed.

I am Yadah, here I am, Lord,  I yadah You, L' Adoni!

                                                                                   

..... and the rest of the hymn:

King of all days
oh, so highly exalted
Glorious in heaven above
Humbly You came
To the earth You created
All for love's sake became poor
Here I am to worship,
Here I am to bow down,
Here I am to say that You're my God
You're altogether lovely
All together worthy,
All together wonderful to me

I'll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that cross
I'll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that cross
I'll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that cross
I'll never know how much it cost

God has been whispering into my days of toil, moments of unbalanced accounting books, nights of dirty dishes and dirty clothes.   Into the prayer morning welcome and the hushed calls off the night.

Sing, sing, sing..... sing joy, sing glad, sing grateful.  And then all the things of earth will grow strangely dim,  in the light of His glory and grace (refrain from Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus).

Never take off your Garment of Praise and Thanksgiving.  For it is your shield against the lies of the enemy and the wiles of the flesh.

So I turn my eyes upon Him when I need to reaffirm.  A sweet voice I am not, but deep in my heart I worship and mean every word as in singing.......  I dance around lifting my arms up to Him whose sandals I am not worthy to tie..... yet He loves me and says I am beautiful.

Here, Lord, my arms outstretched in worship, feet dancing to tune in my mind, heart full of love....

Yes Lord, here is Yadah!  

Hodu l’ Adonai.



 ^NKJ Psalm 136:1 Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

Reference:  Psalm 28:7 " ....with my song, will I praise Him"

                  2 Chron. 20:30 "..... in the ritual worship."

YADAH 

 Yadah is a root word that means “to throw out the hand”.  In other words, it signifies an outstretched arm.  Though it’s a root word, it’s obviously similar to the Hebrew word yad ( ׳ד – Strong’s 3027) which means hand. 

                  ^NKJ 2 Samuel 22:50 Therefore I will give thanks (yadah) to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles, And sing praises (zamar) to Your name.

In this song of praise, David declared the many times YHVH stepped in and defeated or delivered him from his enemies.  He concluded the song by saying he will give thanks to YHVH among the Gentiles.  In other words, in the presence of the Gentiles, David wanted to thank God openly and declare His works to everyone!

This sequence of giving thanks to God and singing praises to Him is quite common, especially in the writings of King David.  It’s a form of Hebrew poetry called Parallelism where a thought or idea is expressed two different ways.  Thus, to the Hebrew mind, giving thanks is much the same as offering praise.

In addition to yadah meaning thanks or thanksgiving, the word can itself mean praise.

^NKJ Psalm 9:1 I will praise (yadah) You, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works.

^NKJ Psalm 44:8 In God we boast all day long, And praise (yadah) Your name forever. Selah

Source:   GIVE THANKS

My thanks to Sister Betty, for leading me to this hymn.  I am happy that I found a video from YouTube of this hymn.  It is a First Baptist Church recording.