As I travel down the road of life I find myself constantly refining my knowledge of Christ, the Bible, and my Christian walk. I guess that is just the nature of maturity. One topic that has always been of interest to me is grace. For years I struggled with the idea of grace freely being given to me despite who I was or what I had done. It wasn't until recently that I began to grasp the full implications of what the Bible spoke about grace.
From salvation I had known that I was saved by grace and allowed the privilege to be with Christ forever, but the word grace was a troublesome word. Initially my stumbling over grace was because I never felt good enough. As I came to understand that nothing I could do would cleanse me enough to be acceptable apart from Christ and His atoning work on the cross, the word became less and less of an issue.
A while back the word grace reoccurred in my study of the Bible. It was in Romans that I came face to face with true grace once again. The words were not only a reminder, but an awakening of sorts. I began to see how God's grace was not only for the moment, but that He had implemented it for our use long before we even physically existed. He chose us to be His. He extended His grace to us because He longed for us. He made a way that we could not make for ourselves.
When I began searching out hymns for the project, "My Lord, I Did Not Choose You" stuck out. I know that I had nothing to do with my salvation. It was the Lord who did the work in my life.
"You did not choose Me, but I chose you." John 15:16
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MY LORD, I DID NOT CHOOSE YOU
Music by: Anonymous
My Lord, I did not choose You,
For that could never be;
My heart would still refuse You,
Had You not chosen me.
You took the sin that stained me,
You cleansed me, and made me new;
Of old You have ordained me,
That I should live in You.
Unless Your grace had called me
And taught my op’ning mind,
The world would have enthralled me,
To heav’nly glories blind.
My heart knows none above You;
For Your rich grace I thirst;
I know that if I love You,
You must have loved me first.
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