How
fleeting is life on this earth!
How
quickly our portion is spent, And what are its luxuries worth
To those who refuse to repent?
Their
wealth is a deadly distraction
Which
turns them away from the Lord! How vain is the short satisfaction
When heaven is thereby ignored!
Yet
David would be satisfied
In
heaven where he would awaken, For this is the reason Christ died:
That grace by our faith may be taken.
The
hope of those trusting Christ
Through
Him is eternal salvation. Religion has never sufficed:
God calls us into a relation!
But
misguided multitudes still
Are
by their religions confused, Believing whatever they will,
By many distractions amused.
Yet
some will be wise and repent,
And
so they shall find God’s compassion, Like those to whom Jonah was sent
And all others saved in this fashion.
In
Paul’s day the Word of God grew,
And
multitudes therefore were stirred. With such evidence in clear view,
They all should have trusted God’s Word.
But
sadly this wasn’t the case,
For
many held on to confusion And welcomed not God’s saving grace,
Despising it as an intrusion.
O
Lord, we can see it today:
The
multitudes still are misguided! The Gospel is still thrust away;
Your messengers also are chided.
Lord
Jesus, we’re looking above
Advancing
Your cause here below, Declaring Your message of love
Wherever You call us to go.
We’re
guided, O Lord, by Your smile,
And
not by the multitude’s scorn. We know we have just a short while
To preach to the lost whom You warn.
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