Were creation (Christ be magnified)

Phil 2: 9-11; Ps 47:6-7; 1 Chron 16:23-25

Words (adapted IBM):

Verse 1:

Were creation suddenly articulate

With a thousand tongues to lift one cry

Then from north to south and east to west

We’d hear "Christ be magnified!"       

Verse 2:

Were the whole earth echoing His eminence 

His name would burst from sea and sky

From rivers to the mountaintops

We’d hear "Christ be magnified!"           

Chorus:

O Christ be magnified, let His praise arise 

Christ be magnified in me

O Christ be magnified, from the altar of my life 

Christ be magnified in me

Verse 3:

When every creature finds its inmost melody 

And every human heart its native cry

Oh then in one enraptured hymn of praise

We’ll sing "Christ be magnified!"                   

[CHORUS]

Bridge:

I won’t bow to idols,

I’ll stand strong and worship You

If it puts me in the fire,

I’ll rejoice ‘cause You’re there too

I won’t be formed by feelings

I hold fast to what is true

If the cross brings transformation

Then I’ll be crucified with You

'Cause death is just the doorway

Into resurrection life

If I join You in Your suffering

Then I’ll join You when I rise

And when You return in glory

With all the angels and the saints

My heart will still be singing

And my song will be the same

[CHORUS x2]