Captive’s Pursuit

I have been apprehended

Drawn like water from a well

Still I’ll pursue till life has ended

Though He’s entered my heart to dwell.

I will go hard then after Christ

So to know Him, for His sake

To pursue the pearl of greatest price

All my boastings I forsake.

For the Lord has taken hold of me

So I’ll take hold of Him

I will cling tightly till I see

The glories told of Him.

To gain Christ, and be found in him

for His honor, for my joy

I will pursue Him to the end

With all the strength I can employ

All the righteousness I need to trust

Is found in Christ and Christ alone

I will be changed for change I must

Because He has made me His own.

For the Lord has taken hold of me

Abandoning the past as blight

I press on to future glories

Straining forward into the light

To make it mine onward I press

For Christ has made me His

There is no other holiness:

His grace I’ll not resist.

Though Christ has sought and found me

Chosen and staked His claim

And wrapped His arms around me

To seek him still will be my aim

For the Lord has taken hold of me

So I’ll take hold of Him

I will cling tightly till I see

The glories told of Him.

Ephesians 3

Anthony Foster

October 21, 2018