Friday, January 29, 2010

He thought of... who?!... above all?


i currently have the song 'above all' by michael w. smith on my playlist (right hand column), which i have been listening to a fair bit the last few days....

... and i've been feeling this *NO!!* rising up in me. i'm having issue with some of the lyrics -- specifically, the chorus.
Crucified
laid behind the stone
You lived to die
rejected and alone
Like a Rose
trampled on the ground
You took the fall
and thought of me
Above all

He thought of me, above all? He went to the cross for my sake above all? He put me before Himself, the very definition of 'All'? He suffered the wrath of God for my broken relationship with God, above all?

or...

did He think to glorify Himself above all? did He go to the cross to bring me into relationship with the King for the King's sake, for His own glory, above all? did He purpose within Himself to take on human form and make Himself nothing in order to glorify God in His grace and redemption above all other ends? did He suffer the wrath of God to bring God's creation back to Himself and thus magnifying and glorifying His love and mercy above all?

yes, He thought of me... but above all? above all else? above All - above Him?

no, i was created by Him and for Him. i was saved by Him and for Him. i am in relationship with Him by Him and for Him. for Him.

for Him.

did He think of me, above all? above His own glory, grace, majesty and purposes? i think not. those are the first things. i am a distant second.

a second full of amazing love, grace, mercy, and redemption... and yet still vastly distant to the awesomeness of HIM.

i think He thought of Himself, above all.
and in it, He gave me Himself.
by Himself.
and for Himself.

He 'thought of me above all'? that resonates with my sense of human pride and self-importance... that even God Himself thought of me before Himself.

He didn't do it because i'm so important or worth saving.

i'm important and have worth because He did it.

it's all about Him.

Clover
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