Monday, August 23, 2010

God's marvelous power to deliver, often unseen

I enjoy reading Wesley's beautiful hymns. This morning he impressed me to praise God for his delivering power. As I look back over my life, and even today, I realize that the Lord sees where I am and keeps me, in my weakness, from falling. I find this refreshing and an insight into how His marvelous grace works.

Here are two verses from a 4 verse hymn.

Hymn 238

3
By our bosom-foe beset,
Taken in the fowler's net,
Passion's unresisting prey,
Oft within the toils we lay:
Sleeping on the brink of sin,
Tophet gaped to take us in;
Mercy to our rescue flew,
Broke the snare, and brought us through.

4
Here, as in the lion's den,
Undevoured we still remain;
Pass secure the watery flood,
Hanging on the arm of God:
Here we raise our voices higher,
Shout in the refiner's fire;
Clap our hands amidst the flame,
Glory give to Jesu's name.

(I understand that Tophet was a place near Jerusalem where refuge burned.)