Assurance
Oh how I do so often want to hear the voice of God
Awaken me each morning to the path that I must trod
Preparing me with counsel as I face the enemy
That every waking moment I might walk in victory
How often I desire to have solid confidence
That nothing that I plan to do will cause my Lord offense
But everything is what has been ordained by Him on high
To draw me ever closer to where we will never die
And oh how I just want to know if I should face defeat
In some endeavor I pursue from challenges I meet
That I'm assured forgiveness and God's restoration too
To be His emissary in the work He's yet to do
But really if I stop to think of all that He has done
Of promises He's given and His work through Christ His Son
I have entrusted to me God's assurance in defeat
That by His grace I still can be His light to those I meet
And also that assurance that all things will come out well
If in my heart I cherish love for Him no tongue can tell
And faithfully abide within the precincts of His Law
That is so holy angels bow before in holy awe
And really I need never think I cannot hear His voice
And worry that I might assume in making the wrong choice
If I choose to abandon all I am and hope to be
To Him through my devotion to live out His Way through me
His Way that is most perfect from the rising of the sun
To when my day is finished and my rest in Him's begun
That listens most attentively when others I could choose
To hear Him while I'm waiting knowing I will never lose
His promise of salvation while I'm living one with Him
While I remain His channel to the world and all of them
Who likewise long to know Him and the gift of life He brings
To those who choose to follow Him in love not for the things
That cannot give us happiness or joy that's full and free
That Jesus bought us on that cross way back on Calvary
But only as His emblem of redemption from above
That lives as His reflection to the world of God's own love
Proverbs 23:26; 1 John 1:9; Romans 8:24-39
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