Leaving Beyond – Grounded In Scripture

Written by: April J. Buchanan

Oh God of my righteousness, I praise Thee all the day. For in Your Word I find strength, grace, hope, and every assurance and confidence in Christ. And in Your Word I behold the terrifying and fearful judgment of the wicked, that judgment every man deserves. Where else may I fly, and to whom else shall I desire to run, but to that grace which is enough and immeasurable, to my Lord whose righteousness is perfect?

I read of Your judgments and know they are good. Yet to delight in them is also to know that to be judged by them apart from Christ is good and just, a reality many shall endure. Oh God of my righteousness, where else shall I fly? To whom else should I desire to go? You are my God. You are the God who judges righteously. You are the God who has indignation day and night, and this my soul knows is good. You are righteous and holy, and in this my heart praises and rejoices.

And knowing myself more for who I truly am, as Your Word reveals, and knowing who You are as You have made Yourself known, I fly to You and take refuge in the God of my salvation, the Lord my righteousness, my hope, my life, my all. Oh God, should man not repent, You sharpen Your sword, and every man stands justly condemned before You.

Oh God, my God, You are righteous and just, holy and true. You judge in righteousness, and I have none of my own. But You, O God, have clothed me in the perfect righteousness of Another. One worthy. One perfect. One holy. Christ my righteousness.

I will sing with the saints songs of praise to my God, who plucked my life from the destructive path upon which I walked to my own ruin; who called me and loved me before the foundation of the world; who took my place of punishment, bearing the full wrath of God for my sins, and who clothed me in Your own righteousness. You took out my heart of stone and gave me a heart of flesh.

I can never praise You as You deserve. Let all eternity sing Your praise, for You alone are worthy. My God, my God. God of my righteousness. I praise You alone.