Promise
Oh Father You're so gracious and forgiving of my sin
You give me new direction when I let You Spirit in
And every daily challenge I alone would surely fail
Becomes a tool of learning as You write this winner's tale
For with You we're all winners as we daily walk with You
Attentive to Your leading in the things we say and do
Not fearing from tomorrow what new challenge it might bring
For faith reveals there's promise in the core of everything
You choose in Your great wisdom and foreknowledge to allow
Not knowing just the when and why but also knowing how
You've planned in Your deliverance of this poor feeble soul
Your grace will mold and fashion us to reach that final goal
That makes us fit for heaven where the host of angels sing
Each time they see the victory in this poor soul You bring
That becomes light to others who still struggle in the path
Of living daily in this world beneath the devil's wrath
But soon this will be ended this great consequence of sin
And Christ will come in glory to fulfill His will in men
And women even children who have kept His faith alive
And who through hope to glory wait to see our God arrive
In glorious clouds of angels who surround His mighty throne
Who chorus our redemption we who count Him as our own
And as the graves then open and the saints at rest arise
Those still alive and waiting will be caught up too on high
And all with crowns of glory and the robes of white we wear
Will leave this world for heaven and the mansions waiting there
Where daily with our Saviour we'll explore all He has made
In worlds from here to yonder who obedient had stayed
But who had watched in anger at what Satan here had done
That took the life of Him they loved the Father's perfect Son
And also watched in pity our humanity in test
As all our pain and suffering would end in death's dark rest
But then there'll be no anger as the saints will surely shine
And not one painful moment from our past will come to mind
For once the judgement's over all creation then will sing
Those glorious alleluias to our mighty God and King
Daniel 12:1-3; Acts 1:9-11; Revelation 20:4-6
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