The Good Samaritan

The hymn "Good Samaritan" in Deep Divine Music really touches me.  I was struck with the words in the hymn. 

I especially liked the 1st and 2nd stanza,

"1.  A certain man was going down

From Jerusalem to Jericho,

Getting farther away from God;

To this place of curse he'd go.

 

2. And as he went, among the robbers he fell

Who stripped and beat him 'til he bled,

And, having taken everything that he owned,

They left him lying there half dead.

 

    You know this man who was going down,

    This man is me; this man is you,

    Who living in our fallen away from God

    Were beaten sore and bled from many wounds."   

Yes, without Christ, what do we have?  The moment we are away from Christ, we are going down to Jericho, the cursed place.  Lord, I would want to be only in the place where you are, I do not want to be anywhere else but be with You. 

Even though we were beaten up in the world, but Christ is the only Good Samaritan that will come and help us.  He is our only comfort, our source of satisfaction.  Hallelujah for we have such a One!