Remember the Reason

“Our iniquities testify against us… Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander” (Jeremiah 14:7,10).   “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins… We love Him, because He first loved us” (1 John 4:10,19). 

Remember the reason Christ came from above;

Examine the days from adulthood to youth:
It certainly wasn’t that we showed Him love,
Except it was loving to wander from truth.

We see our iniquities standing to speak

As witnesses summoned to now testify
That, but for God’s grace, we would not even seek
The Lord who has loved us so much He would die.

So herein is love and its blow to our pride:

We didn’t love God, but He loved us to death.
Yes, this is the reason He suffered and died:
He loved us before we had drawn our first breath!

Praise God!  He has taught us to love Him as well,

As we look for refuge and find it in Christ!
Ah!  Here by His cross we are rescued from hell,
And here we consider His love that sufficed!

O Lord, we’ve considered the reason it’s true

That so many love You who once loved to wander:
We’re drawn to the love we’ve discovered in You,
A love that will take us forever to ponder!