Curse and Consequence

“O give thanks unto the LORD; for He is good… Who remembered us in our low estate: for His mercy endureth forever” (Psalm 136:1,23).  “The curse causeless shall not come… The great God that formed all things… rewardeth transgressors” (Proverbs 26:2,10).  “The angel which I saw… sware by Him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven… and the earth… that there should be time no longer… And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings” (Revelation 10:5-11). 

How rightly we now give our thanks

To God who has remembered us,

Who looked on us from heaven’s banks

With mercy that was marvelous! 

He saw our sin and knew the scope

Of judgment’s curse and consequence. 

He knew we had no other hope

Unless He died in our defense. 

The great God who has formed all things

Throughout the heavens and the earth,

The Lord of lords, and King of kings,  

Has come to us in lowly birth. 

Because the curse was caused by sin,

He came to take our sin away. 

He knew the trouble we were in;

He knew the price that He must pay. 

The causeless curse shall never come,

Yet this was surely not our case,

But as a speechless lamb is dumb,

Our Lord defended us with grace.

He suffered as the silent Lamb

For those who by their sin were cursed.

Behold the Lord, the great I Am,

Who cried upon the cross, “I thirst!”

Should not we thirst for souls as well  

For whom our Lord and Savior came?

Our time is limited to tell

The Gospel we should now proclaim!   

O Lord, it’s hard to take it in,

And yet we know that it is true

That You have washed us from our sin,

Since all our sins were laid on You!

The consequences, Lord, were great

Awaiting us eternally,

Yet You beheld our low estate,

And gave Yourself to set us free! 

O Lord, the prophecies You proved   

Equip us well as we are sent

To show the curse has been removed

From those who humbly will repent!