Jesus, I Come

This is one of my new favorite songs...and, funny, it's an old hymn.  =)  It's neat to see that the old hymn writers wrote about the same things that we long for and struggle with today!  There truly is nothing new under the sun!

Here's the link for the song on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm30UfBgBIg

Out of my bondage, sorrow and night,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into Thy freedom, gladness, and light,
Jesus, I come to Thee;
Out of my sickness, into Thy health,
Out of my want and into Thy wealth,
Out of my sin and into Thyself,
Jesus, I come to Thee.

Out of my shameful failure and loss,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into the glorious gain of Thy cross,
Jesus, I come to Thee;
Out of earth’s sorrows, into Thy balm,
Out of life’s storms and into Thy calm,
Out of distress to jubilant psalm,
Jesus, I come to Thee.

Out of unrest and arrogant pride,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into Thy blessed will to abide,
Jesus, I come to Thee;
Out of myself to dwell in Thy love,
Out of despair, into raptures above,
Upward for ever on wings like a dove,
Jesus, I come to Thee.

Out of the fear and dread of the tomb,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into the joy and light of Thy home,
Jesus, I come to Thee;
Out of the depths of ruin untold,
Into the peace of Thy sheltering fold,
Ever Thy glorious face to behold,
Jesus, I come to Thee.

I love: "out of my sin and into Thyself"...I can go to Jesus and flee to Him from sin.

I love: "out of my shameful failure and loss"...I truly do fail BUT I am able to come "into the glorious gain of Thy cross"!  I can find joy, peace, righteousness, and restoration in the cross. ("Out of earth's sorrow and into Thy balm.")

I love: "out of unrest and arrogant pride"...oh how arrogant and prideful I can be!  Yet I can come "out of myself to dwell in [His] love [and no longer] despair [but come to Jesus]."

I love: "out of the fear and dread of the tomb"...it is so easy to get bogged down in sin, fear, and failure but we can come to Jesus "into the joy and light of [His] home."  I can come "out of the depths of ruin untold [and] into the peace of [His] sheltering fold."  There is rest, hope, comfort, forgiveness, mercy, and love in the fold of God if I am willing to humble myself and run to Christ.

Praise the Lord for His grace, mercy, and forgiveness!!!  I want to run to Jesus.