Today's promise: He's alive!
I Know My Redeemer Lives
But as for me, I know
that my Redeemer lives, and that he will stand upon the earth at last. And
after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God. I will see him for
myself. Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!
Job 19:25-27 NLT
I know that my Redeemer lives; what joy the blest assurance gives! He lives, He lives, who once was dead; He lives, my everlasting Head!
He lives, all glory to His name; He lives, my Savior, still the same; what joy the blest assurance gives: I know that my Redeemer lives!
I Know That My Redeemer Lives
Samuel Medley (1738-1799)
Samuel Medley (1738-1799)
One of those verses
Every once in a while, a
verse jumps out of the Old Testament and takes on a new meaning. Job lost his
fortune, family, and much of his health. In a stunning display of faith, he
expresses his only remaining hope: "I know that my Redeemer lives, and
that in the end he will stand upon the earth" (Job 19:25). The words find
an uncanny fulfillment in Jesus.
Jesus gave His life to
redeem us, to buy us back from our slavery to sin. His death was the price of
our freedom. But that's not the bottom line, thank God. As the sun rises on
Easter morning, we can say with Job, "I know that my Redeemer lives."
He lives! Death could not hold Him. He lives, to finish salvation's work in me.
Hymn writer Samuel
Medley often repeated words and phrases in his songs. Here, what's repeated is
the most important concept: "He lives…He lives…He lives."
Our "Resurrection
Week" readings are adapted from The One Year® Book of Hymns by Mark Norton and
Robert Brown, Tyndale House Publishers (1995). Today's is taken from the entry
for April 2.
Content is derived
from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation and other publications of Tyndale
Publishing House
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