"Son of Suffering"

​Over the past year and half, I have virtually attended Passion City Church’s Sunday morning services and been richly blessed and encouraged by the worship and teaching each week. Over the last few weeks, they’ve been singing a new song called “Son of Suffering” that is a beautiful exultation of Jesus’ suffering and reminder of the great sacrifice that was made for our freedom. Now, I’d like to share this song with you.

​It can be so easy to forget Jesus’ humanity and the fact that He felt pain, emotion, and heartbreak just like each of us. The story of the cross can become so familiar that we lose sight of the suffering and pain that was required to purchase our redemption. We prefer to sanitize the crucifixion and focus on the resurrection. However, it is in the pain, ugliness, and sorrow of the cross that we truly see the God who unconditional loves us and was willing to bleed for us.
 
This is why I love this new song by Matt Redman and friends. “Son of Suffering” highlights and centers around the truth that Jesus was willing to suffer and bleed for us. While I love the entire song, my favorite part is the chorus. It’s filled with a sense of awe and reverence that is often missing in our worship. 

"Blood and tears
How can it be
There’s a God who weeps
There’s a God who bleeds
 
Oh praise the One
Who would reach for me
Hallelujah to the Son of suffering"

​May we never forget that Jesus is not only the exalted King of Kings, but He is also the Son of suffering. I pray that this song resonates with you and becomes a worship anthem as you reflect and celebrate the suffering that paid our ransom. Here’s “Son of Suffering” by Matt Redman and friends. 

“Son of Suffering”
By David Funk, Aaron Moses, Matt Redman, Nate Moore
 
 
Oh the perfect Son of God
In all His innocence
Here walking in the dirt with you and me
 
He knows what living is
He’s acquainted with our grief
A man of sorrows, Son of suffering
 
 
Blood and tears
How can it be
There’s a God who weeps
There’s a God who bleeds
 
Oh praise the One
Who would reach for me
Hallelujah to the Son of suffering
 
 
Some imagine You
Are distant and removed
But You chased us down in merciful pursuit
 
To the sinner You were grace
And the broken You embraced
And in the end the proof is in Your wounds
Yes in the end the proof is in Your wounds
 
Blood and tears
How can it be
There’s a God who weeps
There’s a God who bleeds
 
Oh praise the One
Who would reach for me
Hallelujah to the Son of suffering
 
Your cross, my freedom
Your stripes, my healing
All praise King Jesus
Glory to God in Heaven
 
Your blood still speaking
Your love still reaching
All praise King Jesus
Glory to God forever
 
Blood and tears
How can it be
There’s a God who weeps
There’s a God who bleeds
 
Oh praise the One
Who would reach for me
Hallelujah to the Son of suffering
 
Yes, hallelujah to the Son of Suffering
Sing hallelujah to the Son of Suffering
Hallelujah to the Son of Suffering