Verse 1:
I find myself attempting to run my own life, and take my life in my own hands. This only leads to the inevitable stumble and fall, roaming for a reason for righteousness.
Verse 2:
So what's this they say about a caring and saving Father? Given my life in self-righteousness, I don't deserve to be loved by God, not me, but God is good!
Verse 3:
I've tried to ignore God's truth, and live my own life. His Word has cut me "sharper than a two-edged sword", and saved me from the evils of myself.
Refrain:
(Same as Verse 1.)
Chorus:
God lifts me up from the deepest and darkest pits of sin, washes me off, and sends me back into His earth to try again. Even after God's cleansing, I somehow manage to slip into sin again, getting knocked out by its brutal force. I indeed get knocked out again.
Overall:
My life as a Christian, as many Christian lives are lived, has been a series of ups and downs. I'm living for God one day, and for myself the next. God keeps saving me from myself, as a manager would give his boxer a pep talk after each round, and sends me back into the ring revived. Unfortunately, after a few punches, I lose sight of what life is really for. Eventually the punch comes that causes me to lose sight completely, and get knocked to the ground. This is where God picks me up again...and I can only pray that I will fight in God's name by the time the match is over, because that is the only way to victory.
Matthew 4:4:
But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'"
Hebrews 4:12:
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.