Grace Abounding

Each Sunday in November, our church family is singing “All I Have Is Christ,” a hymn celebrating Christ. When our congregation learns a new song, often we will sing it several weeks in a row to learn it well.

Verse 1 of Jordan Kauflin’s hymn brings into sharp focus 1 John 4:19 (“We love him because he first loved us.”), for it says “If You had not loved me first / I would refuse You still.” Verse 2 revels in Christ’s substitutionary atonement so that we who believe can live. Verse 3 reminds us to live out of gratitude for God’s glory: “Oh Father, use my ransomed life / In any way You choose / And let my song forever be / My only boast is You.” The chorus leaves us with a powerful reminder that the greatest treasure we could possibly have…is Christ. To download a .pdf of the hymn, click here.

I once was lost in darkest night,
Yet thought I knew the way.
The sin that promised joy and life
Had led me to the grave.
I had no hope that You would own
A rebel to Your will.
And if You had not loved me first,
I would refuse You still.

Hallelujah! All I have is Christ.
Hallelujah! Jesus is my life.

But as I ran my hell-bound race,
Indifferent to the cost,
You looked upon my helpless state
And led me to the cross.
And I beheld God’s love displayed,
You suffered in my place.
You bore the wrath reserved for me,
Now all I know is grace.

Hallelujah! All I have is Christ.
Hallelujah! Jesus is my life.

Now, Lord, I would be Yours alone,
And live so all might see
The strength to follow Your command.
Could never come from me.
Oh Father, use my ransomed life
In any way You choose.
And let my song forever be
My only boast is You.

Hallelujah! All I have is Christ.
Hallelujah! Jesus is my life.

Words and music by Jordan Kauflin. © 2008 Sovereign Grace Praise (BMI). Used by permission. CCLI #2928610.

“All I Have Is Christ” is from the Looked Upon album available from Sovereign Grace Ministries.