At The Foot of The Cross

Yesterday as Church we sang the song below and I was very moved by a particular line:

Beneath the Cross of Jesus
Lord I would spend my days
In the shadow of the One
Who ransomed me
May I not become familiar
With its marvelous good news
But live my life with it
Always in my view

At the foot of the Cross
Lord I bow down and worship
Overcome by so great a love
At the foot of the Cross
I will cherish all Your mercy
All Your goodness
Your wisdom Your power
At the foot of the Cross

Upon the Cross of Jesus
Lord I would fix my eyes
For it always will remind me
Of these truths
My iniquity seems endless
Yet greater still Your grace
And I will glory in the Cross
Throughout the ages

I had to ask myself the question, “Do I become too familiar with its marvelous good news? Do I live with it always in my view? Are there other things in my life that I’m more passionate about than the cross?” I need to remind myself daily of the cross and what Christ accomplished on it for me. If I don’t remind myself of that good news daily I become self-sufficient and it’s very evident in my life. I need to be diligent to be in the Word daily to remind myself of His truths! This song makes me realize just how much more I need a Savior!

Give me a tender, wakeful conscience that
Can smite and torment me when I sin.
May I be consistent in conversation and conduct
The same alone as in company,
In prosperity and adversity,
Accepting all thy commandments as right,
And hating every false way.
May I never be satisfied with my present
Spiritual progress,
But to faith add virtue, knowledge, temperance,
godliness, brotherly kindness, charity.
May I never neglect
What is necessary to constitute Christian character,
and needful to complete it.
May I cultivate the expedient,
Develop the lovely, adorn the gospel,
Recommend the religion of Jesus,
Accommodate myself to thy providence.
-Valley Of Vission

Galatians 2:20-“I have been crucified with Christ. It is not longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”