Prone To Wander

O to grace how great the debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, as a fetter,
Bind my wand'ring soul to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here's my heart, O take and seal it;
Seal it for they courts above.

These words from "Come, Thou Fount" by Robert Robinson show the human side in all of us. The side that is prone to wander and leave a God that we love. Some would say that if you really loved God, you wouldn't leave Him. But here in this beloved song, the truth is shown.

We are humans, prone to error and wandering, in debt daily to a gracious God that we love. Even the seemingly stalwart surely have private moments of doubt and dismay. Everyone questions what they believe in at some point. It's not wrong.

To question what you believe in is not wrong. To talk these over with others in a sensitive manner is not wrong.

We are encouraged to ponder the words we receive through the scriptures, church leaders, talks, and personal prayers. If you don't know the ins and outs of what you believe, can you strongly believe it? If you don't test the boundaries of your knowledge, how will you know exactly how much you know?

God knew we would wander and leave Him- every single person. But in His infinite wisdom, He provided a plan called the atonement. Every wrong you do can be made right. Every pain can be tolerated and soothed. Every weakness can be understood. Every person gets this chance every day, every hour to make things right and peaceful again in their lives.

It takes constraint, fettering, binding, and sealing yourself to God in an effort to be righteous. But this binding and sealing is to a God we love, a God who provides a way to make up for our pains and sins, a God who loves us more than we can love Him. Who better to give your broken heart to?

Come, thou fount of ev'ry blessing;
Tune my heart to sing thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above;
Praise the mount; I'm fixed upon it;
Mount of thy redeeming love.