Yeshu Mashih, Tere jaisa hai koi Nahin
Today, the most-sung Hindi worship song worldwide is one I wrote: Hum Gaye Hosanna. It still amazes me that this simple song has been sung for decades by worshippers all over the world and translated into many languages.
The song was born while I sat in the car with my parents, en route to my aunt’s funeral. The atmosphere was heavy; everyone was quietly lost in their own grief. I gazed out the window, watching the sun-dappled landscape roll by on the outskirts of Mumbai.
A thought crossed my mind: “No matter what happens down on earth, the sun never stops shining down on everyone. In the same way, God's grace and God's mercy never stop shining down on us.”
In that quiet, sunlit moment, my heart swelled with awe, and an overwhelming realisation that there is truly no one like our God. The first line of the song began to play on repeat in my mind: “Yeshu Mashih, Tere jaisa hai koi Nahin.”
When we arrived at the funeral, the air was heavy with mourning. Tears welled up in my own eyes, and in that moment, something struck me: “If I feel such sorrow over the loss of my aunt, what unimaginable anguish must our Father in heaven have endured, watching His only Son die upon the cross?”John 3:16 came alive to me more than ever:
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. – John 3:16 NIV
That became the second verse of the song: “Pyare Pitah, Tune humse itna pyar kiya, Hume paapon se choo-dane ko, Apne Bete ko kurban kiya.”
Now, after watching my own son suffer and eventually die, this verse carries a new depth for me. I have firsthand experienced, in part, the pain God must have felt. The main difference, though, is that there is no one I could’ve ever sacrificed my son for, but God did, for me. And for you!
Take a moment to praise God with this song today.
