Mercy ....

As I was riding the metro this morning and having my worship before the worship service (because I go to a french church and don`t always understand everything that is going on, so I make sure I have some english before I go), I was listening to the song "A Sinner's Cry", and these words penetrated deep into my heart.
I came to a sudden hault in life and everything else seemed like it disappeared and it was just me and God, alone on a subway, and He was speaking directly through this Biblically deep & drenched song, but yet at the same time it is what I cried to God when I first understood Jesus was giving me grace and complete mercy.
It is such a blessed assurance that my salvation does not rest upon my own merit or even feeling saved, but it rests upon the Solid Rock, the Lover of my Soul, the One that has my heart fully, the Teacher that came from heaven to earth to show the Way, the Savior that died willingly for my sins, the Resurrection and the Life that death could not claim victory over. Now, my All-Surpassing Value to whom I can see & savor more and more each day that He so deems that I remain here. But I can't help but often thinking what Paul has said in Philippians 1:21, "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain". I am so excited for the day when I get to be with Jesus. I just want to be with my God, because where else would I want to be?
My relationship began with Jesus` payment for my unremovable stain and was tied with a sinner (me) crying for complete mercy, because there was nothing and there remains nothing that I could ever do. A complete cry for mercy, because I deserved God`s justice, but He met me with lovely mercy & grace. All my debts were cast on Him, and I was freed! I am often moved in emotional ways lately as I reflect upon what God has done for me - and for you - if you have cried out to God for complete mercy... because He loves you, and wants to revolutionize your life - in a way you could never imagine.
I know that I've put a lot of lyrics on here (and I want to put this song here as well) - but God seems to be using a lot of music lately to rouse my religious affections as Jonathan Edwards penned - so, I'm going to. May God lift the religious affections of your life and mine! May our emotions meet our theology - and may we be so changed by the loveliness of what God has done! Jesus said "It is finished" - therefore, there's nothing else we can do except cry to God! Righteous...

A Sinner's Cry

Hear, gracious God, a sinner's cry
For I have nowhere else to fly
My hope, my only hope's in Thee
O God, be merciful to me
To Thee I come, a sinner poor
And wait for mercy at Thy door
Indeed, I've nowhere else to flee
O God, be merciful to me

To Thee I come, a sinner weak
And scarce know how to pray or speak
From fear and weakness set me free
O God, be merciful to me!
To Thee I come, a sinner vile
Upon me, Lord, vouchsafe to smile;
Mercy, through blood, I make my plea
O God, be merciful to me

To Thee I come, a sinner great
And well Thou knowest all my state
Yet full forgiveness is with Thee
O God, be merciful to me
To Thee I come, a sinner lost
Nor have I aught wherein to trust
But where Thou art, Lord, I would be
O God be merciful to me

To glory bring me, Lord, at last
And there, when all my fears are past
With all Thy saints, then, I'll agree
God has been merciful to me

May we all put our names in the "ME" of the song.
ME.
Dwight