Lavished with Lovingkindness

“We have thought of Thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of Thy temple… For this God is our God forever and ever: He will be our Guide even unto death” (Psalm 48:9,14).  “God… giveth grace unto the humble… Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.  Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you” (James 4:6-8). 

The lovingkindness of the Lord

Has lavished us with saving grace.

What mercies on us He has poured,

Which we have thought of in this place!

For this is God who made the stars

And all their host with just His breath! 

This God will be forever ours

And He will be our Guide till death. 

In darkness surely we would stumble

If Satan thus would have his way,

But God in mercy made us humble

And drew us who had gone astray.

With lovingkindness we were drawn

When we had heard the invitation,

For all our hope and help were gone

Apart from Christ and His salvation! 

Our Savior stood then at the door

And knocked that He might enter in. 

How strange it is that some ignore

His offer to be saved from sin!

O Lord, You saw us in our blindness

When You came forth to seek and save.

You showed to us Your lovingkindness

With sight to see the grace You gave! 

With lovingkindness that You give,

Thus lavished at so great a cost,

We pray, Lord, that the life we live

May now be used to draw the lost.