Here I Am To Worship

It was Tuesday morning, somewhere between 7 and 7:30am, and a few of us were gathered for our weekly prayer time, singing along with Chris Tomlin’s Here I Am To Worship.  If you don’t know the song, you might recognize it by the lyrics.  Take a minute or two to read through these lyrics and let them settle on you…or if you want to hear it performed live by Chris Tomlin, click here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaUTv1pXRyU&feature=related

Light of the world
You stepped down into darkness.
Opened my eyes, let me see.
Beauty that made this heart adore You
Hope of a life spent with You

Here I am to worship,
Here I am to bow down,
Here I am to say that You're my God
You're altogether lovely
All together worthy,
All together wonderful to me

King of all days
oh, so highly exalted
Glorious in heaven above
Humbly You came
To the earth You created
All for love's sake became poor

Here I am to worship,
Here I am to bow down,
Here I am to say that You're my God
You're altogether lovely
All together worthy,
All together wonderful to me

I'll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that cross
I'll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that cross
I'll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that cross
I'll never know how much it cost

Here I am to worship,
Here I am to bow down,
Here I am to say that You're my God
You're altogether lovely
All together worthy,
All together wonderful to me

Here I am to worship,
Here I am to bow down,
Here I am to say that You're my God
You're altogether lovely
All together worthy,
All together wonderful to me

I'll never know how much it cost
to see my sins upon that cross—

As I was sitting there Tuesday morning, soaking in the presence of the Lord as this song washed over me, the Holy Spirit revealed something fresh to me.  The bridge of the song goes “I’ll never know how much it cost, to see my sin upon that cross….”

 As I’ve sung that song in the past, countless times, the image in my head is of my sin costing so much that I’ll never understand how unbelievably costly it was for Him to bear it on the cross.  But for the first time, that Tuesday morning, I saw the image in my head was WRONG.

 NO…the song goes, I’ll never know how much it cost, to see my sins upon that cross…because THERE IS NO RECORD OF THEM.  They are forgotten by the Lord Jesus…and cannot be resurrected!  And with that, all sense of shame and/or condemnation….gone. 

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of Life set me free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:1)

Thank you Lord!