Reckless Love, by Cory Asbury – What am I singing?!

[Verse 1]

Before I spoke a word, You were singing over me

Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether. Psalm 139:4

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. Psalm 139:13

The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. Zephaniah 3:17

You have been so, so good to me

Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! Psalm 34:8

The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made. Psalm 145:9

The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. Lamentations 3:25

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

Before I took a breath, You breathed Your life in me

Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. Genesis 2:7

You have been so, so kind to me

Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? Romans 2:4

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Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! Romans 11:33

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; Lamentations 3:22

For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:6-8

How can I give you up, O Ephraim?

         How can I surrender you, O Israel?

         How can I make you like Admah?

         How can I treat you like Zeboiim?

         My heart is turned over within Me,

         All My compassions are kindled.

I will not execute My fierce anger;

         I will not destroy Ephraim again.

         For I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst,

         And I will not come in wrath. 

Hosea 11:8-9 (read vv1-9 for full context)

Oh, it chases me down, fights ’til I’m found, leaves the ninety-nine

Acts 9:1-9 – God chasing down Saul, then rescuing him and giving him new life and purpose

We Love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19

What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? When he has found it, he lays on his shoulders, rejoicing. Luke 15:4-5 (read vv 1-7)

I couldn’t earn it, I don’t deserve it

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:8-9

…not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith… Philippians 3:9

Still You give yourself away

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,c being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Philippians 2:5-8

Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God

[Verse 2]

When I was your foe, still Your love fought for me

For if while we were enemies we were reconciles to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 

Romans 5:10

Ephesians 2:1-5 (more evidence that we were dead to God because of sin; objects of wrath)

You have been so, so good to me

When I felt no worth, You paid it all for me

Luke 7:36-50 – See the story of a woman, who was cast out as worthless but received by Jesus

Surely our griefs He Himself bore,

         And our sorrows He carried;

         Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,

         Smitten of God, and afflicted. 

But He was pierced through for our transgressions,

         He was crushed for our iniquities;

         The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,

         And by His scourging we are healed. Isaiah 53:4-5

When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. John 19:30

You have been so, so kind to me

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[Bridge]

There’s no shadow You won’t light up

In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:4-5

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12

Mountain You won’t climb up

Luke 15:1-7 – again, see the lengths the Shepherd will go to find the lost sheep!

coming after me

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. Luke 19:10

There’s no wall You won’t kick down

Ephesians 2:11-19 – Jesus removes the barriers between us and God, and also between us and each other!

No lie You won’t tear down

So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” John 8:31-32

Coming after me

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

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