Transformation

Wretched, sinful, and foolish 
To serve the devil I oft strayed 
Greed, lust, and adultery
Away from my Lord, my God I stayed  

Serving only myself and my pleasure

Seeking happiness and ease 

Looking out for me alone 

No one but myself to please

As a man bound at the noose

I had no hope of freedom

But Christ came up and said 

“Take my life, instead, and free him!”

They led me down the gallows 

They tied and abused my Lord

They put on me his kingly robes 

And around his neck my cord

The story, if finished here,

Can have no happy ending 

His sacrifice forever vain 

For God’s law is never bending

For from the cross they took his body

And placed him in a borrowed tomb

The sinless man, the perfect Saviour 

The holy, righteous bridegroom 

But three days later the stone was moved

Where he lay, only now his burial clothes

The women came and found an empty tomb

For in glorious victory, my Saviour arose 

Conquering all of death and hell 

Covering mans sin and condemnation 

God’s love redeems and it purifies 

Bringing new life and new salvation 

This life the saviour gave so freely

This amnesty poured out upon me

Transforms my life and my actions 

Newly conforms my life to thee

I did not change my heading slightly

Nor did I merely add God in 

The life I had before is dead 

I’ve been completely born again

Now I will look to eternity 

And to my saviour on the throne

I will long for streets of gold 

To be in the presence of God alone

For the Lord I shall lift my voice 

For his name I shall sing praise 

For his kingdom I will work 

In him I will glory all my days