A hymn on peacemaking. Reflecting on Matthew 18.
What God delegates to us - the ministry of reconciliation - is awesome in its implications.
(SS Wesley 1810-1876). What God delegates to us - the ministry of reconciliation - is awesome in its implications.
The Awesome delegation
The awesome delegation
that makes the world complete
is yours - yes, your own calling
from which Christ won’t retreat.
The energies we fight with
are gifts for making peace;
each soul you would hold captive:
a key to your release
It is no easy journey
- we may not see its end:
to seek in those who hate us
deep signs of God our friend;
the prayer that Christ commanded,
that must not be postponed:
for enemies and outcasts
and all we have disowned.
Verses 3-4 follows
Suggested tune: Aurelia 7676D
What God delegates to us - the ministry of reconciliation - is awesome in its implications.
(SS Wesley 1810-1876). What God delegates to us - the ministry of reconciliation - is awesome in its implications.
The Awesome delegation
The awesome delegation
that makes the world complete
is yours - yes, your own calling
from which Christ won’t retreat.
The energies we fight with
are gifts for making peace;
each soul you would hold captive:
a key to your release
It is no easy journey
- we may not see its end:
to seek in those who hate us
deep signs of God our friend;
the prayer that Christ commanded,
that must not be postponed:
for enemies and outcasts
and all we have disowned.
Verses 3-4 follows
Suggested tune: Aurelia 7676D
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