Hillsong Worship’s Eric Liljero Shares The Heart Behind The Song “Yahweh Great I Am”
Hillsong Worship’s Eric Liljero Shares The Heart Behind The Song “Yahweh Great I Am”. Hillsong Worship’s Eric Liljero has lifted the veil on the creative journey behind “Yahweh Great I Am,” a key track from the collective’s new EP, Great I Am.
In a brief reel shared to his Instagram stories, the songwriter and worship leader reflects on a two-year process that turned a simple idea among friends into a song shaped by Scripture, prayer, and personal surrender.
According to Liljero, the writing moved far beyond melodies and rhymes. What began as a sketch gradually became “a deep, transformative journey into the Word,” one that drew the team “into surrender, into hunger, into revelation.” He adds that at some point they realised they were not only crafting lyrics, they were being formed by them, as God “revealed Himself in this process.”
“Yahweh Great I Am” carries the theological centre of the EP in its very title, calling listeners to behold the covenant name of God and the holiness that name signifies. The track’s posture is vertical and invitational, pairing reverent language with a swelling worship dynamic designed for both personal devotion and congregational moments.
The project itself arrives in a season where many worship communities are leaning into simpler, Scripture-anchored declarations. Liljero’s note speaks to that impulse. The song did not rush to release; it waited, grew roots, and emerged with the kind of weight that comes from time spent in the Word. That slow burn is audible in the way the lyrics lean toward adoration and response, and in the way the arrangement opens space for the name of God to be sung and savoured.
For longtime followers of Hillsong Worship, “Yahweh Great I Am” feels like a return to first love themes, while still sounding fresh within the group’s evolving catalogue. For new listeners, it is a doorway into the EP’s central confession: the God who revealed Himself as “I AM” still meets His people when they gather, sing, and yield their hearts.
With Great I Am now out, Liljero’s glimpse behind the song offers a simple invitation. Do not just sing it, enter it. Let the name of God lead you into the same surrender, hunger, and revelation that shaped its creation.
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