Legacy of Love

“If it had not been the LORD who was on our side… then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul” (Psalm 124:2-4).  “Love covereth all sins” (Proverbs 10:12).  “Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it” (Song of Solomon 8:7).  “The love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if One died for all, then were all dead:  and that He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them, and rose again” (2 Corinthians 5:14,15). 

The waters rose in Noah’s day,

And those outside the ark then died.

We would have perished in that way,

If Christ had not been on our side. 

Our Savior’s love is like that ark

Which saved the souls of those within.

He is our Lighthouse in the dark;

We would have perished in our sin!

The legacy of love in Christ

Is in His spotless, precious blood. 

If He had not been sacrificed,

We’d perish too, as in the flood.

The promise that our Savior gives

To every soul that He will save

Is that they live because He lives,

Since He has overcome the grave.

The floods of sorrow crashing down

Could never quench our Savior’s love,

Nor could those many waters drown

Eternal passion from above!

Such wondrous love constrains us now

To ponder why He suffered thus.

Behold the thorns upon His brow!

Behold the cross He bore for us! 

He knew there was no other way,

For we, by sin, were rendered dead. 

There was an awful debt to pay,

And Love would pay it in our stead! 

O Lord, it’s hard to comprehend

The kind of love that You displayed! 

Until You saw Your labor end,

Upon that awful cross You stayed!

You died, dear Lord, in our defense,

So we should live alone for You!

There’s nothing else that now makes sense,

And nothing less that we should do.