Revelation of Grace

It’s been a long time since I’ve set my fingers to these keys

But there’s something inside of me longing to be set free

My thoughts are burning me up inside

And I’m afraid if I don’t let them out, there won’t be much left to see

For so long I struggled and I fought

To be good enough to earn the things You had already bought

I thought, “Surely there is something I must do!”

But You weren’t hiding the glorious things for which my heart sought

All along You waited for me to open my eyes -

You were so anxious to reveal Your surprise!

Yet blindly I stood and I strove and I prayed

And I was surprised when You seemed to delay

The things I so longed for and thought were missing in me

Had actually already been given and placed inside of me

All along You had been whispering,

“You’ve been adopted and you’ve been redeemed”

No longer am I lacking or in need of anything;

You promise to withhold no good thing

No longer am I a beggar at Your feet

For I have the fullness of Christ dwelling in the very core of me

With You, Jesus, there is an abundance of life and joy and peace

I never have to worry and all my striving can cease

For in Your Presence, God, I don’t have to be afraid

My Papa is my strength — He is the One who calms the stormy seas

You came to this earth to set the captive ones free

And to break the chains once binding me

You gave me Your Spirit to renew my mind,

To rise above my anxious thoughts and the negativity that blinds

My boldness increases as I rest in Your embrace

The song You sing over me drowns out the voice of the enemy I must face

The longer I stay in Your presence, the more I can believe the Truth

About how much You love me and long to lavish me with Your grace

You hold out Your hand, and I take it in mine

Together we journey along the pathway divine

You invite me to join you in something immeasurably more beautiful than I could dream,

And all I must do is partake of the Body and Blood — the bread and the wine

You’re the God of the universe, yet You don’t ask of me much,

just to be loved, to love, and to know Your gentle touch

My heart can hardly contain its joyful response —

To help others encounter this Jesus who freed me from satan’s clutch

I guess when You said, “The victory is won!”

You meant that my striving here was done.

No longer is my worth set in the gloom of do’s and do not’s

For Your love triumphed over the law and has left me undone.

It’s taken me a long time to come to this spacious place,

To really believe this revelation of Your grace

All along I thought it had been You who delayed

To answer my prayers and cease my endless chase

Throughout my life You have been so patient and kind

You’ve opened my ignorant eyes that were blind —

The answers have been inside me since the day I met You

For in Your Word You promise that all who seek will find

So many times I fall and I fail

And the devil tries to trap me in his soul-sucking tale

Yet everyday I struggle and fight to believe

That in Jesus I have been adopted, claimed, redeemed

Through the cross You pardoned me from the filth of sin’s decay

And brought me into this crazy, adventurous life of freedom, joy and grace

Now I will give freely what I have received

For Your precious blood has won my case.