I’ve heard this song a few times over the past several months but recently it has grabbed my soul. I don’t know if it really needs a long explanation. I wanted to add this song to our repertoire because the idea of Mercy highlights an beautiful facet of the gospel. If you recently became a christian or if you aren’t at all, you may clearly know that you need the mercy of God. Unfortunately ideas like Mercy can loose their significance in our minds over time. Our need for mercy makes us appreciate it more.
God went to great lengths to show us mercy. In order for lasting mercy to be available to us, God had to pay for our sin by shedding His own blood. Jesus had to empty himself and become a man, live a perfect life, and die to pay the penalty that we deserve. The fact that we needed mercy and God gave it is amazing! It is astounding that Mercy is possible.
This song declares God’s mercy and reminds me how sweet mercy really is.
Lyrics
I will kneel in the dust
at the foot of the cross,
where mercy paid for me.
Where the wrath I deserve,
it is gone, it has passed.
Your blood has hidden me.
Mercy, mercy,
as endless as the sea.
I’ll sing Your hallelujah
for all eternity.
We will lift up the cup
and the bread we will break,
remembering Your love.
We were fallen from grace,
but You took on our shame
and nailed it to a cross.
Mercy, mercy,
as endless as the sea.
I’ll sing Your hallelujah
for all eternity.
May I never lose the wonder,
oh, the wonder of Your mercy.
May I sing Your hallelujah.
Hallelujah, Amen.
May I never lose the wonder,
oh, the wonder of Your mercy.
May I sing Your hallelujah.
Hallelujah, Amen.
I will kneel in the dust
at the foot of the cross,
where mercy paid for me.
