I Once Was Lost, But Now I’m Found

amazing grace how sweet the sound
that saved a wretch like me
i once was lost, but now i’m found
twas blind, but now i see

Indeed, it was by God’s grace that I have salvation. Sometime between “In the beginning”and “God created”, He thought of me. He set me apart … predestining me for salvation. Never once on anything that I would do in my life to earn it, but simply by His extension of mercy and grace. He loved me while I was His enemy.

I loved my sin. I loved my own ways. And those ways were leading me down the path of destruction in His holy wrath against sin. But for His sovereign hand reaching into time and ministering to me His grace … that irresistible grace … I would be doomed for eternal punishment. Yet He chose me.

He. Chose. Me.

Before the foundations of the world, He chose me. God found me with His grace and will keep me by that grace. The Author and Finisher of my faith isn’t me or what I can “bring to the table”, but rather, it’s by His hand. His love. His mercy. And His grace.

Amazing grace. Amazing love. Amazing God.