Not Without Love (Benediction)

Not Without Love (Benediction)
Written by Jimmy Needham

I tried Lord / I tried Lord / I tried hard to be Your good little boy / Chin up, head high / All zeal and no joy / Thinking all my good deeds could please Jesus / Boy, was I wrong / Though I knew the right songs, all my cymbals and gongs played the melodies wrong /And it wasn’t long ‘til I saw my disease / A life spent wanting to please / On hands and knees / To make right, to appease / God help me please / This can’t be Christianity, it can’t be / The whole thing’s like insanity / Where’s the rest of eternal security? / Where’s the hope of a God big enough to cope with all my hang-ups and insecurities? / Certainly this isn’t breathing / My chest burning and heaving / It’s like my pulse is ceasing / Like my heart quits beating / Yet this I recall to mind and therefore I have hope: / You died, Lord / You died, Lord / Assuredly, like the coming of the dawn, the Father’s love song goes on / Drowning out my bitter songs / And breaking through walls and barriers / Christ swoops in, removes sin, picks up His bride and carries her / So I can sing in agreement with the King this thing: / There’s only one thing that pleases the Father / The God-man on the tree in the midst of the scoffers / Now I finally see that Christ is what Christ offers / And I’m finally free in the love of the Father.