How can it be?
I’m forgiven because you were forsaken
I’m accepted, you were condemned
I’m alive and well
Your spirit is within me
Because you died and rose again
Amazing love, how can it be
That you, my king, would die for me
Amazing love, I know its true
It’s my joy to honor you
Amazing love, how can it be
That you, my king, would die for me
Amazing love, I know its true
It’s my joy to honor you
In all I do, I honor you
You might already be familiar with this song, “Amazing Love/You Are My King.” Even if you are, just try to read these lyrics as if you were hearing them for the first time. Imagine a person, realizing their guilt, all that they have done to offend God, seeing their need for forgiveness, and then hearing the message of Jesus dying on the cross.
It’s almost mind-boggling when you hear it and you just let it sink in. After all that I have done that is selfish, rebellious, detestable to a pure and holy God — while I’m still immersed in that sin — Jesus would still be willing to give up His life so that I might have another chance? He would be willing to bear my sins? How can it be?
What I like so much about this song is it captures the fact that it’s still such a mystery to us the mercy, the grace, the love of God. I can see somebody hitting their knees and through tears asking, “How can it be, that You, my king, would die for me? God, how can it be? After all I have done, why would You still love me?” It really doesn’t make sense unless we can grasp just how much God loves us. It’s all summed up in John 3:16:
For God so loved the world that he gave up his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
I can’t even really understand just how great God’s love for me must be, that He gave up His one and only son so that I could have eternal life. It’s just amazing.