Oh, But God

There’s a song I really loved listening to and singing this last Easter season.

I was buried beneath my rebellion, lost without hope of redemption, blind to my need for a Savior. Oh, but God.

I’m reminded of where I once was, who I was before I really lived for Jesus. I felt helpless in my efforts to win other people’s approval. Desperate for recognition, I did everything tirelessly. Sometimes I’m brought back to that state of mind and in my sinfulness I forget that I’ve been freed from these idols, these burdens.

You gave me a truth worth believing and I traded my chains for your freedom

I remember that in choosing to live for others’ approval I was rebelling against my Creator’s perfect will and plan. Living for God meant freedom from the empty rewards I was chasing.

Rich in mercy, how you love me too much to let me stay lost… All the wreckage of my choices, you have turned to life from ashes. Lifted from death, risen with him. Now I stand in confidence.

You and I need to remember who we were before Jesus, not with the goal of feeling ashamed or stuck in the past, but to be confronted with the grandeur of God’s mercy. We cannot take lightly the severity of sin. We need to remember that it is the holy God of the UNIVERSE that we call Father. We cannot forget how undeserving we are and how desperately we needed Jesus to save us. We need to remember that when we entrust our lives to Jesus, we’ve been found and secured in the hand of Christ forever, never to be lost again.

You may feel lost. You will experience hurt, shame, guilt and darkness. The heaviness of those burdens is nothing for our God. In the same way that he raised Jesus to life, he can replenish you with life, joy and peace, if you let him.

Father, thank you for saving me. Help me to never forget how awesome your mercy is toward me.

Song of Encouragement: Oh But God by Davy Flowers ?si=W61L8UAlniIoai3d