(can you whole-heartedly and honestly sing the hymn below without reserve?!)
Sometimes I feel like a hypocrite when I sing it.
I tend to get kinda stuck in My Ways😒
Nothing speaks quite so powerfully as a person's choices.
When we watch someone lay all of their own personal desires
on the altar of daily sacrifice to wholly follow Him.
We have a young man with a young family who is about to start fulltime
service at our church after leaving a secure job to answer God's call.
Will you pray for him (Andreas) and his family in this leap step of faith...
And while you do could you add another man (Gary) and his family to your prayers,
joining our church family in January.
Matt. 16:24
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me,
let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
Luke 9:23
Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me,
let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.
There is a universal call to all who love God’s Son
Though He has paid the debt for sin the cost has just begun
For all who follow in His steps must be willing to die
To the desires of the flesh and their own will deny
There is a cross not made of wood that we are called to take
To do the things disciples should for their dear Master’s sake
Not to adhere to high decrees some prominence to prove
But to follow where His call leads with no motive/credit but love
There is a thorough reckoning that someday will come due
Where reply to His beckoning is more than verbal spew
Whether we are courageous or remain somewhat aloof
Our answer spills in pages we fill up with Living Proof
There is a universal call to repent and believe
And oh, how very beautiful is Faith’s Gift we receive
Where, though Redemption’s price is paid and salvation is free
The cost is still cross-shaped as we respond to ‘follow Me’
© Janet Martin
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