Fetters of Love

God's grace is so gracious  every debt it can erase

It is costly but sufficient; Grace demanded is not grace

A new creation God has made, No longer bound to wander

Held fast and now forever stayed Upon the Rock of Wonder.

This disconcerting paradox On the one hand justified

On the other yet a sinner Until we are glorified

This is marvel this is mystery This brings glory to Christ's name

He has transformed earthen vessels So God's glory they contain

Sealed unto redemptions's day

For heavenly courts above

I am bound by cords that never fray

Chained by fetters of God's love.

I am now no longer debtor I am free and reconciled

Now reality is reckoned To be true and undefiled

Bound to Jesus as a servant Elevated by His grace

Where the servant becomes kindred Beloved souls in His embrace

So the servant is adopted To the household of the King

And by grace we are becoming Changed to living offerings

So the former things are passed away And a new day has begun

The new man's power is given sway By the risen glorious Son!

Sealed unto redemptions's day

For heavenly courts above

I am bound by cords that never fray

Chained by fetters of God's love.

Anthony Foster

September 12, 2018