Tis So Sweet (+ Tomorrow Night at Immanuel)
Good morning, Immanuel. We “prove” Jesus daily by our dependance on Him and our need for Him.
“But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Galatians 6:14).
I love the simple, unavoidable clarity of the hymn Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus. There is one line in the refrain that especially grips me: “Jesus, Jesus, how I trust him, How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er.”
What is it to prove Jesus? It could sound like a boastful statement as if I brilliantly proved Jesus' reality by argument or intellect. Or maybe it is a declaration of how excellently I’ve lived so that I make Jesus look really good.
But this lyric isn’t a boast in my ability or success, as if the Son of God needed me to prove him. “Proving” Jesus is not done through strength and achievement but through weakness and need. So this bold lyric is simply doing exactly what Paul writes about in Galatians 6:14 when he says, “But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
We “prove” Jesus daily by our dependance on Him and our need for Him. And when we think back on the lowest moments of our lives, the most shameful moments, those are particular proving grounds for Jesus because of the depths from which he rescued us.
Editor’s note: Check out Immanuel Worship's version of"Tis So Sweet" here!
TOMORROW NIGHT
Please join us tomorrow evening for a church-wide 10th Generation Gathering from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm. This meeting will provide a significant update on our search for a long-term home in Nashville.
Helpful, truly. Thank you so much Barnabas 🙏🏼