Chris Tomlin - Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone)

Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now I'm found
Was blind, but now I see
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed
My chains are gone
I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, Amazing grace

The Lord has promised good to me
His word my hope secures
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow
The sun forbear to shine
But God, Who called me here below
Will be forever mine
Will be forever mine
You are forever mine

This song has been in my mind for a few days. It reminds me of the salvation I have received so freely, so undeserved. There is indeed no greater love than this that He would hang on the cross for me.

I was reading my past journal entries. And last year on 6 April 2007, Good Friday, I was reading a devotional or sth and I wrote this in my journal...

"The heart of salvation is the Cross of Christ. The reason salvation is so easy to obtain is that it cost God so much. The cross was the place where God and sinful man merged with a tremendous collision and where the way to life was opened. But all the cost and pain of the collision was absorbed by the heart of God."

As I listen to this song, I remembered my friend singing it when she heard me humming it in school. But the thing is that she didn't even know what the song meant. "I once was lost, but now I'm found. Was blind, but now I see" My heart just sunk. I prayed that indeed she'll be found, that she'll see. I felt this 'pain' in my heart as I thought about people around me who don't know God. And all the more I thought how much more it breaks God's heart than mine to see His people spending eternity without Christ! "For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord." - Ezekiel 18:32.

God's heart is for the lost. I believe the main reason why the return of Christ is delayed is so that more will be saved. We have great worship, great fellowship here on earth. And we will continue to have that till eternity in heaven. But evangelism is the only thing we can't do in heaven.

Jesus always prayed for the people He came to save, to heal. Even till the end, he said "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing". If we love God, we'll pray for the people He loves, the people on His heart. Let's keep praying for the souls of our family, relatives and friends. When we pray, heaven is moved, the Holy Spirit works a deep work in hardened hearts beyond what we expect. Let us be prepared to witness the amazing power of prayer :)