Prevailing Praise

"Praise waiteth for Thee, O God... Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, Thou shalt purge them away" (Psalm 65:1,3).  "Be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.  For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off" (Proverbs 23:17,18).  "Therefore will the LORD wait, that He may be gracious unto you" (Isaiah 30:18).  "Therefore... be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord... your labor is not in vain in the Lord" (1 Corinthians 15:58). 

How wondrous is the expectation

Of praise that waits on judgment day

To Christ who purchased our salvation

And thereby purged our sins away!

Though even now iniquities

At times will taunt us and prevail,

We find our cleansing on our knees

And grace from God that does not fail. 

Let praise prevail all day long

In holiness by godly fear. 

Our expectation is not wrong;

Our Lord's return is drawing near.

The reason that our Lord now waits

To visit sinners with His wrath

Is that He yet anticipates

That some will find salvation's path. 

So let us, therefore, steadfast be

Unmovable as we abound

In labor for eternity

That sinners lost may yet be found. 

O Lord of our prevailing praise,

You made Your love for us so plain,

So may we love You all our days

With labor that is not in vain.