Monday, February 22, 2016

Mighty, Wonderful God

May 29, 2015

Mighty, Wonderful God

I worship Thee, O Father:
What wonders Thou hast done!
The shooting stars come to my mind,
The fiery brightness of the sun.
The glorious volume of the clouds
Their gathered vapours purest white,
They build and cover all the earth
And re-form, still so awe-full bright.
The heavens tell of Who Thou art
And down below, upon the earth,
Thy hands have made leviathan;
Thy voice can make the deer give birth.
And in mankind the greatest work
The we finites could ever know
That Thou, LORD God, would become flesh
And come and die on earth below.
Amazing thought! And this the same:
That Thou would raise Thyself to life
And offer to mere man a cure
That heals his wont for sin and strife!
I think on Thee and shake my head,
How Wonderful I see Thou art!
You did all this, but most to me,
You came and changed my sinful heart!
Another wonder do I know,
(And long to share in it someway):
Thou callest those whom Thou hast changed
And bid'st them tell of Thee each day.
And many have received the call,
This Thy command to share of Thee,
And I would be another one
Who gives Thy good new fearlessly.
I praise Thee that Thou callest those
Who are Thine own to share Thy light,
But also that Thou dost equip
Thine in this great and holy fight!
(For that is what this life becomes
When we surrender to the LORD:
And we must fight with all we are
Through His sure strength, and by His Word.)
I thank the LORD for all He’s taught
Though His dear Bible and Himself;
I thank the LORD for those who’ve taught
And that I learned to read, myself.
And at the end of His dear Book
I give Him thanks as this I read:
My LORD is King for evermore,
The One Who gains the victory!