Children Of The Promise
How can my heart be mournful at the sound of nature's call
To rise to meet the morning and to give to God my all
In fellowship together on my knees with Him in prayer
Attentive to His Spirit and what He would tell me there
How can my mind be cluttered with so many cares of earth
When once again my God declares in Him I have new birth
And all my past before is reckoned as no longer mine
But His Who once hung on that cross below that rugged sign
That read to all the nations and the universe at large
What men meant as a pretense as declared within the charge
Of blasphemy for saying He could rule the hearts of men
By granting them forgiveness and His power over sin
For there above our Saviour in three languages were spelled
The words we rarely focus on and what they truly tell
As He Who was the guiltless was the One that they did choose
To crucify for being Christ the longed for King of Jews
The Jews who came from Abraham the promise of his loins
Upon whom all the blessings through the prophets God enjoins
If they were true and faithful to the staff and to the Rod
That are the testimonies and the perfect Law of God
But when they failed to serve Him Who had brought them through the sea
And constantly went through the rounds of gross apostasy
He chose for Him another people who might be His own
A people of the promise for which His blood would atone
A people who surrendered all their past to be like Him
Who lived and walked upon this earth to be as One with them
Who rise up every morning with a song upon their heart
Because through faith they know by grace in Christ they have a part
Of His eternal Kingdom where the saints of earth will shine
Who lovingly have dedicated heart and soul and mind
To being just like Jesus in the things they say and do
That they might be a blessing for the ones He brings them to
Fulfilling what He purposed for His people in the past
Dispelling doubt and fearfulness when all on Him they cast
And grasp His hand of promise that will never let them down
Until they place their feet upon that promised holy ground
Acts 7:1-5; 48-60; Romans 9:1-8
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