"Have You Taken Much Thought of the Cross?"
Written: September 1st, Thursday, 2022
By: Matthew Krogstad
Song: "Be Still My Soul" By: Poor Bishop Hooper (used with permission)

Have you taken much thought of the cross?
where justice and mercy perfectly link.
The Son who gave His life as the cost,
taking the Cup of God's wrath as His drink.

It is at the cross where a transaction is made,
for sinners who had an eternal debt unpaid.
So, look with your eyes at Him who has laid,
down His own life and then gloriously raised.

Have you come to know the One on the cross?
His perfect life and death is the reason we live,
a righteousness unearned was freely tossed,
upon sinners who God did not need to forgive.

Real satisfaction was made on the cross,
where God's justice was appeased.
The Righteous One offered up for the lost,
the work of our redemption achieved!

Did you not know the truth runs deep?
Way beyond the physical agony observed.
The Eternal Shepherd of the sheep,
taking upon Himself all we deserved.

The Just God declaring the guilty right,
this is pronounced by the resurrection!
The heavenly courtroom keeping Him in sight,
no longer am I seen; only His perfection.