Called to the Cross

Here is God's good and perfect will
Here are His purposes fulfilled
To change us till we are transformed
Into the likeness of Christ conformed.

Called to the cross, called to suffer loss
Bid to come and die
Bid to come and self to deny
Take up your cross and follow
Take up your cross and follow
Follow the Master for He paid the cost

Enter into His sufferings
A living sacrificial offering
And in that poor and lowly place
He exalts the weak by His Grace.

Called to the cross, called to suffer loss
Bid to come and die
Bid to come and self to deny
Take up the cross and follow
Take up the cross and follow
Follow the Master for He paid the cost

For all of us sinners
Are losers or winners
For all of us fell at the fall
Though bereft and depraved
By His mercy we’re saved
Made alive now to answer His call.

Called to the cross, called to suffer loss
Bid to come and die
Bid to come and self to deny
Take up the cross and follow
Take up the cross and follow
Follow the Master for He paid the cost


Anthony Foster
April 17, 2011