“‘He Is Who He Is’ is a fun song to sing, and will be a favorite for everyone that loves quartet music,” notes the group’s lead singer, Tim Rackley. “It also has a powerful message in it,” he adds, “because He says ‘I AM WHO I AM’ and ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ (Exodus 3:14), and in Malachi 3:6 He confirms: ‘For I, the Lord, do not change.’”
Lifting up the elemental message of God’s eternal being, popular songwriter Mark Mathes’ “He Is Who He Is” gets a lively treatment, as legendary studio picker David Johnson’s banjo picking gives a bluegrass gloss to the opening chorus:
He is who He is, He was who He was
He did what He did, He still does what He does
The Alpha, Omega, the Babe from Bethlehem
The Spring of Living Water, and He is the Great I Am
After the opening chorus, piano, pedal steel and electric guitar take turns adding their distinctive flavors behind the energetic revelation of “He Is Who He Is”’s recounting of His miracles in two compact verses and a multitude of irresistibly singable choruses. From start to finish, it’s a performance that is pure Anthem Edition — and purely inspired.
