Draw Us oh God

There is a greater comfort- much greater than our pain

Our suffering is real enough- how do we count it gain?

We can find good courage and find that strength we must

To walk by faith and not by sight and for our future life to trust

So let’s live for God’s glory Let Jesus write our story

Open our eyes and ears Brighten my mind so I might hear.

The perishable shall pass away but clothed with a victor’s crown

Emblazoned for God’s glory being light where truth is found

When days run thoughtlessly along,

Without a moment's stay;

Just like a story or a song

We pass our lives away.

God from on high invites us home,

But we march heedless on,

And ever hast'ning to the tomb,

Stoop downwards as we run.

So let’s live for God’s glory Let Jesus write our story

Open our eyes and ears Brighten my mind so I might hear.

The perishable shall pass away but clothed with a victor’s crown

Emblazoned for God’s glory being light where truth is found

How we deserve the deepest hell,

If we slight the joys above!

What chains of vengeance should we feel,

That break such cords of love!

Draw us, O God, with sovereign grace,

And lift our thoughts on high,

That we may end this mortal race,

And see salvation nigh.

Anthony Foster

After Isaac Watts

July 22, 2018