Chosen Few
Sometimes I'm sorely tempted to give up the way I live
To join the ones who like to take much more than they can give
To live a life of selfish ease while others suffer on
And let my interests be the things I choose to think upon
But if I focus on those thoughts that lead my soul away
I know with all uncertainty in lust my soul will stray
Upon the path that leads to sin from which there's no return
And all the lessons of my past I'll lose for none to learn
Who have not known the joy I've known from giving of my best
To Him Who left His throne on high to face the greatest test
That love can face in sacrifice without a sure return
As those for whom God gave His Best may never choose to turn
From living daily looking for that thing they'll never find
Without a knowledge of the One Who gives all peace of mind
Who take the time to listen for His voice within His Word
Where only can the voice of God be felt and clearly heard
To give to us instruction of how we might meet the test
That qualifies the chosen few to reach that final rest
Where sin no longer has its way in tempting me and you
To follow in the worldly paths the way that others do
For those who are the chosen few are chosen for their choice
As they respond in humble adoration to that Voice
That greets them in the morning and throughout their busy day
Appreciating what God's done and all He chose to pay
Securing for our future that He gave to be our own
A life that will be measured not by time but by His Own
Investigating places that throughout eternity
Will be enlightened by the hope He gave to you and me
As we will share with others in those worlds beyond the sky
How grace replaced our selfish lusts with love that will not die
But will enlarge forever as forever we will be
The ones for whom Christ bears the scars for all eternity
To be our one reminder that the little we did give
While in this world of sinful self-interest we had to live
Was worth each selfless moment that we gave our all for them
Who needed what we had to share to make us all like Him
Matthew 10:6-8; 1 Corinthians 2:9-16
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