All I Have is Christ | All is Well

I came across this song several months ago, and instantly it resonated within my soul. It could be autobiographical to my life, to your life, to many people’s lives. The lyrics are:

I once was lost in darkest night
Yet thought I knew the way.
The sin that promised joy and life
Had led me to the grave.
I had no hope that You would own
A rebel to Your will.
And if You had not loved me first
I would refuse You still.

But as I ran my hell-bound race
Indifferent to the cost
You looked upon my helpless state
And led me to the cross.
And I beheld God’s love displayed
You suffered in my place
You bore the wrath reserved for me
Now all I know is grace.

Hallelujah! All I have is Christ
Hallelujah! Jesus is my life
Now, Lord, I would be Yours alone
And live so all might see
The strength to follow Your commands
Could never come from me.
Oh Father, use my ransomed life
In any way You choose.
And let my song forever be
My only boast is You.

The line that gets me the most is this: “If You had not loved me first, I would refuse you still”. I know my soul. I know my mind. And I know that, that line is truth for me. Truth for who I am.

But God did love me first. He loved me enough to give his son to die for me, to pay the ransom for me. He loved me first. That’s a beautiful picture of grace–for my soul was all the other things present in these lyrics:

Lost in darkest night

A rebel still

No Hope

Hell-bound

Indifferent

Helpless

But then God loved me first, He pursued me. He pursued ME, with all my faults, with all my sins, with all the ugliness and shame that threatened to undo me. He loved me first, and I could not refuse my God.

And so now, my life is ransomed. Ransomed! And, I need to continually come back to that place in my soul where I can say with honesty “Use my Ransomed Life in ANY way You choose……my only hope is You.”

And grace–grace–grace. It always comes back to grace. He bore the wrath reserved for me, now all I know is Grace.

Tomorrow night at Seaford Baptist, we will get the privilege of worshiping God through this song. It is not a song to approach lightly, because God is not a God to approach lightly. We need real worship.

Below are two videos. The first is of the NA band leading 2500 worshippers to sing this song from their souls.

The second is an animation to the song that is breathtaking.

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