To The Cross I Cling

"No day of my life has passed that has not proved me guilty in Your sight
The best I have to offer are these filthy rags and yet You love me.

All things in me call for my rejection; all things in You plead my acceptance.

I am guilty, but pardoned; by grace I've been set free.
I am ransomed through the blood You shed for me.
I was dead in my transgressions, but life you brought to me.
I am reconciled through mercy; to the cross I cling, to the cross I cling.

No more I am a slave to sin but bought with a price
Redemption that was purchased through the blessed cross that You bore for me.

All in things in me call for my rejection; all things in You plead my acceptance.

I am guilty, but pardoned; by grace I've been set free.
I am ransomed through the blood You shed for me.
I was dead in my transgressions, but life you brought to me
I am reconciled through mercy; to the cross I cling, to the cross I cling.

The cross is where I find death, is find where I find life, where mercy found me.
All things in me call for my rejection; all things in You plead my acceptance.

I am guilty, but pardoned; by grace I've been set free.
I am ransomed through the blood You shed for me.
I was dead in my transgressions, but life you brought to me
I am reconciled through mercy; to the cross I cling, to the cross I cling."

-To The Cross I Cling by The Village Church

This song has made an incredible impact in my life. Based off of a prayer from the Valley of Vision, "The Broken Heart", it succinctly states many truths Christians hold dear:
-Every day we prove we deserve death
-Nothing in us - even our best - is worthy of God
-He loves us anyway
-Everything inside of me shows that God should reject me
-Everything in Him accepts me, because Christ paid the debt on my behalf
-I AM guilty, but I've been pardoned anyway!
-His blood on the cross bought my freedom
-I was dead in my sin but He brought me life
-Through God's mercy I am now right with Him!

Because of all of these things that were accomplished by God at the cross, I cling (hold tight) to it. From the cross and the work completed on it, the price for my sins has been paid. Though God is a merciful, gracious, loving God, He is holy and just. His justice demands payments for my sins. But His mercy enables us to be reconciled -before, I was not right with God, but now we have a right relationship, for when He looks at me He sees the righteousness of Jesus Christ. This is why I cling to the cross - it reminds me what I once was, who God is, and who I now am because of the kindness of God. May we never forget these truths or allow them to become mundane, but rather cling to the cross.

(Find this song, listen to it, memorize it, get it stuck in your head.)