We
sang "It is Well" today at church. I decided years ago that I was not
going to sing songs as if they are just words on a page; but that I was going
to really allow myself to sing them straight from my heart to God. So when we
got to the second verse of this song today, I found myself tearing up.
The lyrics go
like this: "Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, let
this blest assurance control; that Christ has regarded my helpless estate, and
hath shed His own blood for my soul".
I got emotional thinking about how
helpless I truly am, especially in the midst of trials and uncertainty. My
flesh is weak. I worry. I doubt. I still try to fix things on my own. But God, seeing
my weaknesses, and knowing before I was even born, how many times I would
fail, still chose to send Jesus to save us - to save ME! 2
Corinthians 12:9 says, "But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient
for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all
the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon
me."
Because of Christ's sacrifice, no matter what we go through in
this life, no matter how many times we fail, we can truly say, "It is well
with my soul!”
THAT'S
good news!
