Favorite Songs

Today, I realized three of my favorite songs have a common theme--the steadfast love of Jesus, His presence with us throughout all of life's ups and downs and the provision of His righteousness.

From In Christ Alone by Stuart Townend:
   In Christ alone my hope is found
   He is my light, my strength, my song
   This Cornerstone, this solid ground
   Firm through the fiercest drought and storm

From Our Great Savior by J. Wilbur Chapman

Jesus!  What a Strength in weakness!  Let me hide myself in Him;
Tempted, tried, and sometimes failing, He, my Strength, my vict'ry wins.
Jesus! What a help in sorrow!  While the billows over me roll;
Even when my heart is breaking, He, my comfort, helps my soul.

From The Solid Rock by Edward Mote

My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus' name.

On Christ, the solid Rock I stand--All other ground is sinking sand, All other ground is sinking sand.

When darkness veils His lovely face, I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale my anchor holds within the veil.

His oath, His covenant, His blood support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives ways, He then is all my hope and stay.

The Solid Rock came from the 19th Century, Our Great Savior from the early 20th Century, and In Christ Alone from the late 20th Century--a witness from generation to generation of the blessings of His steadfast love and constant care.