Delightful Dominion

“When Israel went out of Egypt… Judah was His sanctuary, and Israel His dominion” (114:1,2).  “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof… but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.  For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace” (Romans 6:12-14). 

Though Israel had been enslaved

In Egypt for so many years, 

God heard their cry, and then He saved

His weary people from their fears.

The Lord was their dominion then

Who brought them forth with sons and daughters.

The desert surely saw this when

God turned the flint to flowing waters.

As Israel thus was liberated,

So we have likewise been set free,

And as God’s reign was demonstrated,

This too should now be plain to see. 

We are not governed by opinion 

Reflected in this world’s polls,

For sin no longer has dominion,

But rather Christ who saved our souls.

For we who trust in Christ are healed,

And He sustains us every hour.

To God alone we’re called to yield,

So sin may thus be stripped of power. 

We are not under law, but grace,

For by the law is condemnation.

In Christ we have our Hiding Place,

And He has clothed us with salvation. 

We thank You, Lord, for Your protection; 

As thus we triumph in the strife!

Now likened to Your resurrection,

We walk in new, abundant life.