Why Do I Sing About Jesus?

by Barbara Chadwick

 

Sometimes when I think about Jesus - about His goodness to me; then about His mercy and grace to me - I try to analyze and reason it out. Here are some reasons:

He loves me:  

             We love because He first loved us. 1John 4:19   

This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.  1John 4:10 

He saves me:

For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him

            shall not perish but have eternal life.  John 3:16 

           The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I  

           will praise him.  Exodus 15:2

         
          But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.  Psalm 13:5
 
          The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold
          of  my life— of whom shall I be afraid?  Psalm  27:1 

         Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD, is my
         strength and my song;  He has become my salvation.  Isaiah 12:2 

         Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by
         which we must be saved.   Acts 4:12 

He knows me:
        
         But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. 
         Job 23:10

         … He understands and knows me… declares the LORD.  Jeremiah 9:24 

He sees me:    

         …You are the God who sees me… Genesis 16:13

His eyes are on the ways of men; He sees their every step.  Job 34:21 

            When he looks at me, he sees the one who sent me.   John 12:45 

The song, Why Do I Sing About Jesus  by Albert A. Ketchum has become precious to me. 

Chorus:
Why do I sing about Jesus? Why is He precious to me? 
He is my Lord and my Savior; dying He set me free!

Verse 1:

Deep in my heart there’s a gladness; Jesus has saved me from sin! 
Praise to His name, what a Savior! Cleansing without and within!

Verse2:

Only a glimpse of His goodness; that was sufficient for me.
Only one look at the Savior; then was my spirit set free.

Chorus:

Why do I sing about Jesus? Why is He precious to me? 
He is my Lord and my Savior; dying He set me free!