Purifying Prospect

"I will make mention of Thy righteousness, even of Thine only…  Thou…  shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth" (Psalm 71:16,20).  "Behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD" (Ezekiel 21:7).  "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as he is.  And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as He is pure" (1 John 3:2,3).    

There is a righteousness that saves

Through Jesus Christ, which God has shown. 

There is no hope beyond our graves

Apart from Christ, and Him alone. 

Yet we shall rise up from the earth

To meet our Savior in the air

With all who have a second birth,

And then His likeness we shall share. 

Behold, it shall be brought to pass

For all whom Christ redeems as His. 

Though now we wither like the grass,

We shall be fashioned as He is. 

Lord, with this prospect now in view,
We see a purifying action:  

As we have fixed our eyes on You,

Our hearts are purged from vain distraction.