Champion (Bethel Worship)
It took me a while to process the lyrics of this song. On first hearing, it seems to be more about us and not enough about God. But as the words sink in, it is a powerful testimony of how God transforms us. He is the Champion, the one who “crowns me with confidence” and invites us to be “seated in the heavenly place”. He gives us what we don’t deserve.
In proclaiming “I have the authority Jesus has given me” there are echoes of Peter healing the man at the temple gate in Acts 3, as well as Jesus teaching in John 14 that “whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these”. This song also reminds me of the words of St Teresa of Avila:
“Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, yours are the eyes, you are his body. Christ has no body now on earth but yours.”
St Teresa of Avila
This song for me is an encouragement of the power of Jesus. His power to transform us, and to use us to bring glory to His name.
