Saturday, October 15, 2011

Feasting on the Favor

"If it had not been the LORD who was on our side... then the waters had overwhelmed us.... Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth" (Psalm 124: 2-8). "He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast" (Proverbs 15:15). "And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee" (2 Corinthians 12:9).

If ever there was gracious favor
In which a heart should celebrate,
We find it in our mighty Savior
Whose lovingkindness is so great!

If not for Jesus Christ our Lord,
God's judgment, like a mighty wave,
Upon our souls then would have poured
And swept us to a hopeless grave!

His lovingkindness met us there
As birds caught in the fowler's gin.
But Christ in pity broke our snare,
Then bore our penalty for sin!

Our cause is great for celebration!
Why shouldn't we have merry hearts
Since we've received so great salvation
That God so freely now imparts?

O Lord, we love redemption's story!
It's like a grand, delicious feast,
As we are tasting now the glory
Of captive souls by grace released!

O Lord, we thank You for Your grace
Which always for us has sufficed.
A merry heart in every case
Has cause for joy in Jesus Christ!

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