"O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise Him, all ye people. For His merciful kindness is great toward us, and the truth of the LORD endureth forever. Praise ye the LORD" (Psalm 117:1,2). "No longer should [we] live... to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles.... As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God" (1 Peter 4:2,3).
What a waste of time it is,
Since God has saved our soul,
To live as if we aren't His
And not give Him control!
What a waste of saving grace,
And with it, gifts received,
To live as in our former case
Before we had believed!
What a waste of stewardship
To not give God the praise,
As opportunities will slip
And vanish with our days!
Lord, we would not waste the time
To live as in the past;
So lift us to that life sublime
To live for things that last!
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