Instead

He could've let me wander
In a world without hope
Never knowing His compassion
Feeling helpless and alone
He could've let me suffer
For the choices I had made
Although I needed mercy
He could've walked away

He could've walked away
But instead, He took my cross
But instead, He took my shame
His love became the ransom
For a debt I could not pay
When sin demanded justice
Jesus made the way
Oh, I'm so grateful
For the blood He shed instead

I could've been forgotten
But His grace rescued me
I could've been abandoned
But I'm a child of the King
I am so unworthy
Of the sacrifice He gave
Those could've been my nails
That could've been my grave

That could've been my grave
But instead, He took my cross
But instead, He took my shame
His love became the ransom
For a debt I could not pay
When sin demanded justice
Jesus made the way
Oh, I'm so grateful
For the blood He shed instead

When sin demanded justice
Jesus made the way
Oh, I am so grateful
Oh, I am so grateful
For the blood He shed instead