Ven Ante Su Trono (O Come To The Altar)

Elevation Worship's "Ven Ante Su Trono (O Come to the Altar)" opens with an invitation aimed squarely at exhaustion, not achievement: "si abatido y dolido estás, y cansado del peso cargar" — if you're broken down and hurting, tired of carrying the weight. There's no requirement to clean up first before this song's invitation applies.

"Ven ante su trono, el Padre te recibirá" — come before His throne, the Father will receive you — leans directly on Hebrews' invitation to approach the throne of grace with confidence, not fear of being turned away. "Con sangre preciosa, Jesús borró nuestra maldad" — with precious blood, Jesus erased our wrongdoing — names exactly what makes that confident approach possible in the first place.

"Deja atrás tu vergüenza y pesar... trae toda tristeza al altar" — leave behind your shame and sorrow, bring all your sadness to the altar — keeps repeating the same basic move: whatever's being carried gets set down there instead of carried further. The closing "oh cuán hermoso es nuestro Salvador" — oh how beautiful is our Savior — turns the song from invitation into praise once the weight is actually gone.