Right Reply

“God is greater than man.  Why dost thou strive against Him?... He is gracious… I have found a ransom.” (Job 33:12-24).  “O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise Him, all ye people.  For His merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth forever. Praise ye the LORD” (Psalm 117:1,2).  “O man, who art thou that repliest against God?... What if God [was] willing to… make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy… not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?  As He saith also in Hosea, I will call them My people, which were not My people; and her beloved, which was not beloved” (Romans 9:20-25). 

Our God would bless humanity,

Yet man against the Lord will strive!

Is not this pure insanity  

In those whom God would save alive?

O praise the Lord!  How shall we not,

Who once were far from righteousness?

It was not us, but God who sought

To lift our curse so He may bless! 

Not only Jews, but Gentiles too: 

The Lord is calling every nation! 

His plan is merciful and true

That now extends to us salvation.

How is it, then, that man replies

Against the Lord who came to earth?

How can a man now thus despise

The ransom that his soul was worth?

The Lord has found a way to call

Both Jew and Gentile now His own

By breaking down the middle wall

Through Christ in whom His grace is shown.

We are the objects of His love!

So what then is the right reply

To Him who came down from above,

And for our ransom thus would die?

O Lord, the right reply is clear:  

We love You and we seek Your face,

We worship in You in holy fear,

And thank You for Your saving grace!