Umenibamba by Neema Gospel Choir: Lyrics & Biblical Song Review

Umenibamba by Neema Gospel Choir is an exquisite song of amazement and rejoicing in the faithfulness of God. The deeds of God are great before our sight, and we ought to rejoice in amazement and awe of Him.

Song lyrics

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Verse 1
Sina ujanja wangu
Si kwa akili zangu
Neema yako
(Imenibeba)

Hata kama sina kama yule
Bado unabaki Bwana
Nimeona
(Mkono Wako)
(Verse repeats once)

(Nkutaka Wewe peke Yako)

Verse 2
Nakutaka Wewe peke Yako
Wewe haupoi Wewe hauchoshwi
Kwani ninapata vyote Kwako
Furaha kicheko na amani ya moyo
(Repeats once)

Verse 3
Hakuna siku nimeomba mkate ukanipa jiwe Baba oh
Wewe unajibu maombi
Hakuna siku nimeomba hiki ukanipa kile Baba oh
Zaidi unanizidia
(Repeats once)

Chorus
Umenibamba 
Yesu eh umenibamba
Umenibamba
Yesu eh umenibamba
(Repeats once)

Verse 3
I'm satisfied I'm content
Beside You there is no other one
I'm satisfied I'm content
Beside You there is no other one
(Repeats once)

Verse 4
Nimeridhika nawe
Nimetosheka nawe
Hakuna mwingine kama Wewe
(Repeats once)

Verse 3
I'm satisfied I'm content
Beside You there is no other one
I'm satisfied I'm content
Beside You there is no other one
(Repeats once)

Verse 4
Nimeridhika nawe
Nimetosheka nawe
Hakuna mwingine kama Wewe
(Repeats once)

Chorus
Umenibamba 
Yesu eh umenibamba
Umenibamba
Yesu eh umenibamba
(Repeats once)

Umenibamba 
Yesu eh umenibamba
Umenibamba

Umenibamba 
Yesu eh umenibamba
Umenibamba
Yesu eh umenibamba
(Repeats once)

Umenibamba

Song factsheet

Song review

Umenibamba by Neema Gospel Choir is built on these themes:

• Sufficiency in God
• Faithfulness of God
• Response – amazement, praise and communion

Sufficiency in God

We could never prevail in life by our own strength. Everything we are and have originates from God: life-giving breath, protection, happiness, name it all. Nothing is achieved devoid of the power of God, which is at work in us, causing us to prevail.

Acts 17:28 KJV

[28] for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. 

John 15:5 KJV

[5] I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 

Faithfulness of God

In all ways thinkable, our God is faithful, and He never changes, He will always be faithful. He is the anchor we need when everything around is shaking.

When we ask of Him, He provides according to His will. No circumstance should ever shake our faith in Him.

Matthew 7:9-11 KJV

[9] Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 

[10] Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 

[11] If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

Response – amazement, praise, rejoicing, devotion

When Jesus healed a paralysed man brought to him through the housetop, the multitude of followers responded in amazement, glorifying God, and fear of God as well.

Luke 5:24-26 KJV

[24] But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.

[25] And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. 

[26] And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.

In other instances, recepients of miracles vowed to follow Jesus. The Bible also teaches us to submit ourselves wholly to God un response to His deeds of mercy and grace.

Romans 12:1 KJV

[1] I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

We are also commanded to rejoice in the Lord always, which also includes times when we consider His deeds and fall into amazement:

Philippians 4:4 KJV

[4] Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

Extended review

Prosperity trends

The prosperity narrative in modern day music can be seen in the tendency to focus excessively on self, effectively overshadowing the divine nature of God.

Umenibamba by Neema Gospel Choir makes reference to the faithful nature of God and His deeds in provision and sustenance. However, the response is lacking of an element of praise, but it sufficiently responds in rejoicing. We are commanded to always rejoice in the Lord.

Agreement with the gospel

The song bears no message contrary to the gospel. In the song is a reference to the sustaining grace of God, a key element in the message of the cross.

Audience

The song Umenibamba by Neema Gospel Choir is a good fit for individual refreshment, in view of the deeds of God. It can be a precussor to a praise declaration to God.

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