Undeserved

“In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This corner stone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My comforter, my all-in-all
Here in the love of Christ I stand
In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
‘Til on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live
There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world, by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His, and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ
No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life’s first cry, to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No pow’r of Hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hands
‘Til He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand”

Through Jesus Christ the wrath of God was satisfied…The wrath of God was satisfied. Because of Jesus we are pardoned and saved for eternity. Why? Why? We don’t deserve to have a way to Heaven, why did He give us a way? We curse His name, try and boss Him around, break His commandments…we stand before Him in defiance, rebellion in our eyes. We stand before Him and say, “No, God, I’m better than You.” If you doubt me, just ask yourself this question: how many times have you been upset or angry with God because He didn’t give you something that you wanted? How many times have you been upset, angry, or bitter about how God allowed things to happen in your life? How many times have you thrown that temper tantrum: “No, God, no, no, NO! You can’t do that, that’s not fair! I thought You loved me!…I HATE YOU!”? Why should He give us anything? We curse His name, try and boss Him around, break His commandments…we stand before Him in defiance, rebellion in our eyes. We don’t deserve His love, we don’t deserve His grace or mercy…we deserve to be required to be perfect in order to get to Heaven, we deserve to need to drive ourselves into the ground, trying to be good enough, and fail. We deserve to fall before Him stripped, broken, shamed, and condemned…because we curse His name, try and boss Him around, break His commandments, and tell Him, “No, God, I’m better than You.” But we don’t need to. God…He made it possible for us to not only approach Him, but to approach Him with confidence. He made it possible for us to stand before Him covered, healed, unashamed, and redeemed. John 3:18 says that “He who believes is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” We don’t deserve it at all. But on that cross, when Jesus died for me, for you…the wrath of God was satisfied. We don’t have to pay for it anymore. Because of His love, His mercy, and His grace, we who believe are not condemned; because of Jesus we have a way to spend eternity with our God, our undeserved Lover, and Savior of our souls. How dare we ask for more? Especially when we have failed to stand before Him in awe, respect, and humble, genuine thankfulness for what He has already done.

“Why, why are You still here with me
Didn’t You see what I’ve done?
In my shame I want to run and hide myself
But it’s here I see the truth
I don’t deserve You

But I need You to love me
And I, I won’t keep my heart from You this time
And I’ll stop this pretending
That I can somehow deserve what I already have
I need You to love me

I, I have wasted so much time
Pushing You away from me
I just never saw how You could cherish me
‘Cause You’re a God who has all things
And still You want me

And I need You to love me
And I, I won’t keep my heart from You this time
And I’ll stop this pretending that I can
Somehow deserve what I already have
I need You to love me

Your love makes me forget what I have been
Your love makes me see who I really am
Your love makes me forget what I have been…

I need You to love me, and I
I won’t keep my heart from You this time
And I’ll stop this pretending that I can
Somehow deserve what I already have
Somehow deserve what I already have
I need You to love me, yeah"