Love Came for Me
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son...(John 3:16)
Have you ever wondered how the cast of Heaven reacted to the news?
We don't have any indication as to how much information the Father shared with them about the "plan" before He made the announcement. But can you imagine the moment when Heaven became aware that the Son Jesus, who had spent eternity at His Father's side, was suddenly stepping off His throne and heading on a radical mission of redemption to planet earth? Seriously?
It had to seem outlandish, extreme and rather unnecessary.
But isn't that exactly what God's love is for us?
It makes no sense why the God who formed everything we see and beyond would stoop down to us, not out of pity, but because of great and compelling love. It's true. God's decision to send Jesus as the sacrificial Lamb was entrenched, doused, and permeated by pure love.
Love came for me...But what if He hadn't?
What if God had decided we weren't worth the time and we were just too far gone? A hopeless case.
What would my life look like today? It's hard to say what decisions I would have made or where my path would've led without knowing this Love, or without having the mind of Christ, the Spirit of God, and the hand of the Father leading and guiding me.
Where would I be ? My family? What would be my reaction to tragedy, death and unexplainable detours? My daily struggles? My eternity? My sense of peace?
What if I wasn't able to fall into the soft arms of grace when I fail or immerse myself in the amazing Love that can not and will not fail me?
It's impossible to determine, but this I do know. My life has been changed because of this Love - this love that culminated upon a cross with a bloodied Savior hanging and beaten for MY sin.
Love came for me...
I wrote a song for my Christmas album a couple years ago when I was imagining my own life absent of the gift of this Love. I’d love for you to continue imagining with me…
Join the Conversation: Would you read these lyrics, meditate on them, and then breathe a brief prayer of thanks in the comment section for how this Love specifically changed YOUR life?
Love Came for Me
If You had not come, Tender baby King
And humbly left Your throne to reach someone like me
If You had not walked upon this broken ground
Where on earth would I be now?
If You had not come
If You had not come to seek the sick and lame
To set the captive free, to break the prisoners chains
I’d still be in the dark, grappling for the door
Longing for some way, somehow
Love came for me, Love rescued me
Love called my name, Love took my place
Sweet Lamb of God, I’m bowing down
My eyes have seen
I’m finally free
Love came for me
If You had not come, willing, spotless Lamb
My sin would be too much for You to take me as I am
But, oh, the blood of Christ that washes over me
Flowing from Your hands and feet
Don’t have to worry where I’d be
(repeat chorus)
This manger King
My everything
Love came for me
(c2010 Shanny Banny Music / BMI)
