Today was pretty normal Sunday. I got up and went to the early service, played on the Worship Team, went home and picked up my family so we all could attend the later service together. It was during worship at the 2nd service that things went awry. The second song we sang was new to us. It's called "The Stand" by Hillsong United. The lyrics are as follows:
You stood before creation
Forever within Your hand
You spoke all life into motion
My soul now to stand
You stood before my failure
Carried the Cross for my shame
My sin went upon Your shoulders
My soul now to stand
So what can I say
What can I do
But offer this heart O God
Completely to You
I walk upon salvation
The Spirit of light in me
My soul to declare Your promise
My life in Your hands
So I'll stand
With arms high and heart abandoned
In awe of the One who gave it all
So I'll stand
My soul Lord to You surrendered
All I am is Yours
When we got to "You stood before my failure / Carried the Cross for my shame" I got choked up. I couldn't
any more. I tried. Before I knew it tears were coming from my eyes. I could only close my eyes and raise a hand while the congregation continued to
.
It really hit me hard what Christ did for us. Taking my failures, my sin, my shame, long before I was born, and nailed them to a tree. He let them hang there in agony for at least 3 hours. He took those things to the grave with him. But 3 days later He rose from the dead. He came out of the grave alive once again.
But my sin. My failures. My shame. Remain buried to this day.
And yours are buried too.
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