When I accepted You

When I accepted You

   You were poor

   So that I might enjoy

   The wealth of Your creation.

   You were punished

   For all my mistakes

   So I’d be declared not guilty

   By association.

   You took all that I am heir to

   And gave me all that belonged to You.

   What more could anyone do?

   When I accepted You I never realized

   That I’d be accepted, too.

   It took awhile to see

   That You bore God’s rejection

   So He’d never turn away from me.

   I never knew I would receive so much

   When I accepted You.

   You met death

   So that I might know life

   And eternal restoration.

   You took on the world

   So the likeness of God

   Could be drawn on my being

   Like a blood relation.

   The deepest needs my lifetime through

   Were all met on the cross by You.

   What more could anyone do?

Source: Omartian, Stormie. 2013. The 7-Day Prayer Warrior Experience: Free One-Week Devotional. Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers.

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