From All Wrong to All Right

I bless you today
To revel in the
“Righteousness of God
Manifested apart from the law.” (Romans 3:22)

What joy it is to discover
The righteousness that
Comes not by keeping the law
But by seeing how woeful
And wearisome a task it is
To work to merit right standing with God.

Oh, the righteousness that comes
Not by moralism or manipulation
But comes fully, freely, finally
Through the gift of Christ’s own perfection.

May you cease all striving
To be righteous,
Child of God,
And rejoice anew
That God made you righteous
Through His own saving gift.

What once for you was all wrong,
Has, in Jesus,
Been made all right.