This week I will be covering "Hero" by Abandon. This song is so great and it really speaks to me. Once again, my faith jumps into what I write. But, I cannot ignore what I believe.
The song starts off with, “He walked the dirty streets, Famous for nothing, He said come follow me and they came, A face like all the rest, But something was different, The Son of God would lead the way, And soon they all would say”. This is obviously talking about Jesus, the Son of God. Think about it. The Savior of every single one of us, made out of perfection, stooped down to our level. He stooped down to their level, our level, your level, my level. Wow. This is heavy. He covered Himself in skin just like ours and walked upon the earth with us. Instead of Walking with Dinosaurs, it’s Walking with the God of Everything. He would lead the world to the short and narrow path to salvation. Soon the world would shout His name. But He wasn’t about Himself. He came for us. He came to save us. The next part goes, “There He goes - a hero, A savior to the world, Here He stands with scars in His hands, With love He gave His life so we could be free, The Savior of the world”. We would all soon realize that He is, was, and always will be our hero. He wore our sins which gave Him physical scars, but did He ever beg for it to stop? No! He gave His life for us so that we might yet live! He loved us with that unconditional, super-powerful, agape love that is unmatched by any force in existence and thereof! He did it for us. He did it for them. He did it for you. He did it for me. He saved the world in one night. Over 5 billion people were freed from eternal damnation in that night. Those storms and earthquakes carried His power throughout the world. A day of sadness and salvation. That one night changed the course of history for an eternity. The next part goes, “He spoke with clarity, Walked across the sea, A single word would calm the storm, His touch could heal the sick, but He was called a hypocrite, Laid behind the stone. His death was shortly mourned, he left the curtain torn”. Jesus never once doubted Himself, because He knew everything. He knew all of the hearts that surrounded Him. Therefore, He spoke to the hearts of those around Him. I don’t think that when he spoke, he spoke the human way. He spoke to the heart. So that every word that escaped His lips reached the hearts of those that heard His words. He walked on water and with one word he put to rest and endless sea of thoughts, water, and whatever you could possibly think of to finish this sentence. He could do it all in one word and possibly even less. Yet, even with Him being able to heal people with His hands, He was called a liar by mortal, mistrustful humans. His robe healed a woman just because He wore it. A woman with a fatal disease tore off part of His robe and He said that He felt some of His power leave Him. He is so powerful that what He wears is soaked with power. And yet, He was still killed. But it was all meant to be. His death tore the curtain in the temple. This curtain separated regular people from what is called, the Holy of Holies. In this place only the highest ranking priest could enter. Since it was torn, now anyone can enter that room. This room nowadays is wherever we want it. We can just pray for forgiveness, but back then they had to sacrifice an unblemished animal, preferably a lamb. Jesus was everyone’s lamb. The last part goes, “He choose to take the cross, Shed tears for the lost, the broken, and the needy, Forgiving those who were and will be, The angel made it clear, He told them have no fear, He’s not here! He’s not here!”. Jesus chose to bear it all for us. He didn’t have to, but He did. Then once He rose from the dead, an angel told His followers that He has risen. He did all of that, for us.
There it is. "Hero" by Abandon. Great song and a great message. I really enjoy this song and I love every but of it.
