In Obscurity

I would seek to live, my whole life to give

All that’s in me all that I am

So may I decrease and may Christ increase

Till God’s glory fills the land

I would fain all fame for the sake of your name

Where you plant me I will grow

With self crucified and set free from pride

All my end I’ll surely know.

For he is no fool, it’s the wise one who’ll

Give away what he can’t keep

In exchange to gain what’s not sown in vain

What he’ll never lose, he will reap.

For He died for all who will heed His call

To take refuge at His throne

For His own name’s sake, whatever it may take

To live is Christ and Christ alone.

In obscurity I may come to see

To be abased is to abound

To be fully blessed by Christ’s faithfulness

For in losing, life is found!

For he is no fool, it’s the wise one who’ll

Give away what he can’t keep

In exchange to gain what’s not sown in vain

What he’ll never lose, he will reap.

In obscurity I may come to see

To be abased is to abound

To be fully blessed by Christ’s faithfulness

For in losing, life is found!

February 8, 2024

Anthony Foster