A friend recently introduced me to the Song “Embracing Accusation” by the group Shane & Shane. The song is unusual and the message in the song is incredible. If we’re honest with ourselves we always fall short. We fail to love God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength. As you see in the words to the song, the devil’s accusations about us are right. But it’s in the reality of confessing openly our inability to love him that we find the sufficient of Christ. It’s not that Jesus died for us and now we say thank you to Him and try to be “good little boys and girls”. No! He comes to us in our weakness and imparts LIFE to us. We are spiritually dead apart from him. We don’t need a pep talk, we need LIFE. Here are the words to the song:
Father of lies, coming to steal kill and destroy
All my hopes of being good enough
I hear him saying, “cursed are the ones who can’t abide”
He’s right, halleluia, he’s right
The devil is preaching the song of the redeemed
That I am cursed and gone astray
I cannot gain salvation
Embracing accusation
Could the father of lies be telling the truth of God to me tonight?
That if the penalty of sin is death, then death is mine
I hear him saying, “cursed are the ones who can’t abide”
The devil’s singing over me an age old song
That I am cursed and gone astray
Singing the first verse so conveniently over me
He’s forgotten the refrain.
JESUS SAVES!!!
Here is the video on YouTube and link to a blog that discusses the inspiration behind the song.
