I will lay it down,
lay it down at Your feet
Every burden that
has vexed,
Every problem that's
perplexed.
Desperate for mercy
and peace
Longing for the
deliverer's release...
I will raise it up
raise high and tall
Make an altar in
this wilderness
An ebenezer to
confess
So seal our hearts
once and for all
As we heed your
wilderness call.
Chorus:
One day we will take our rest
One day we will take our rest
Having survived the
trials and tests
Jesus will remain
our all in all
Entering eternal
blessedness
But now we wander in
the wilderness
As we heed your
wilderness call.
Your wilderness call
goes out to all
To become God's
daughters and sons
In the wilderness
wild we can be reconciled
When our power and
pride are undone.
Till our journey
here is at its end
We sojourn here
within the wild
The redeemed and
righteous reconciled;
Our great need still
is to depend
Upon the provision
God will send.
So in His pathways
we abide
And each day we partake of grace
Enough for the
trouble that we face
Content in Yahweh to
confide
And so we shall be
satisfied
Chorus:
One day we will take our rest
One day we will take our rest
Having survived the
trials and tests
Jesus will remain
our all in all
Entering eternal
blessedness
But now we wander in
the wilderness
As we heed your
wilderness call.
Your wilderness call
goes out to all
To become Gods
daughters and sons
In the wilderness
wild we can be reconciled
When our power and
pride are undone.
Anthony Foster
May 5, 2019