Lyrics with Scriptural Support
"Wonderful Complexity" was intentionally biblical. Almost every line was written with specific passages of Scripture in mind. My prayer is that, after these lyrics have been long forgotten, their truth would remain imprinted on your heart to increase your joy in the Lord for a long time to come.
Complex - consisting of many different and connected parts/
Not easy to analyze or understand/
In a word - Yahweh. GOD. Complex/
Unseen, intangible, and infinitely beyond human reach/ (I Timothy 6:15b-16)
Yet seen, touched, held, and handled by haughty human hands/ (Mark 14:65; John 14:9)
His cosmic character is cast off past comprehension/ (Romans 11:33-36)
And yet, He carefully communicates with corrupted creatures/ (Genesis 1:28-30; Hebrews 1:1-2)
Such condescension, and it's wonderful/ (Psalm 119:12)
Mighty in strength and boundless in His benevolence with limitless understanding/ (Job 9:4; Psalm 147:5)
While being strong in jealousy and the power of His wrath, He is yet kind and gentle, providing, sustaining, and caring for His creation/ (John 2:13-17; Ezra 8:22; Matthew 11:28-30; Psalm 104:10-30)
He is great and greatly to be praised and His greatness is unsearchable/ (Psalm 145:3)
He who possesses understanding gladly stands under what cannot be understood because he understands that this, yes, this is a paradox/
Like a pair of docks which have skillfully positioned themselves on opposite ends of an ocean to proclaim contrasting views of the same beauty/ (Hebrews 13:8)
Like how One could encapsulate His great grace/ (Ephesians 2:4-9)
While in the same state, He's both loving and wrathful/ (Exodus 20:5-6; Psalm 5:4-7; Hebrews 1:9)
This Chief Priest was a weak sheep/ (Hebrews 4:14; Isaiah 53:7; John 1:29)
Giving all he had to offer at the altar to the Father/ (Hebrews 9:11-12, 23-26)
Harbored blood that could wash souls white/ (Hebrews 9:13-15)
But in what life would the priest become the sacrifice?/ (Hebrews 7:26-27)
A regal King, no “deity” is coming close/ (Exodus 15:11; Isaiah 40:12-28)
So complex, my mind's vexed, but it's wonderful/
He could best atone once he left the throne/ (John 1:1-3, 14-18; Hebrews 10:4-7)
The One who’s present everywhere was left alone/ (Matthew 18:15-20; 28:18-20; Mark 15:33-34)
He has infinite fury, but He's really patient/ (Matthew 18:8; II Thessalonians 1:9-10; Numbers 14:17-20; II Peter 3:9, 15)
His exaltation is the result of His humiliation/ (Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 2:6-9)
How is it that God is omniscient and yet still forgets sins/ (Hebrews 4:12-13; I John 3:19-20; Jeremiah 31:34)
It's complex, but search it and you'll find that/ (Proverbs 25:2)
In God's character, there's beauty in the contrasts/ (Psalm 147:1; Job 26:14; Deuteronomy 3:34)