And one great day we’re moving toward,
All life will bow and call you Lord!
You taught the people every day
As Rabbi, Teacher of the Way;
O Master, may we learn from you
To love both God and neighbor, too.
O Son of God and Son of Man,
You trusted and obeyed God’s plan;
The poor, the sick and those in need
Cried, “Son of David, set us free!”
You are the Bread that satisfies,
The Light that guides us through our lives,
The Gate that leads us safely home,
The Shepherd calling to your own.
You are Messiah, you are Christ,
Anointed One, God’s sacrifice.
In you, God’s mercy is revealed:
We’re saved from sin, forgiven, healed.
O Jesus, you’re the living Way,
The Resurrection, God’s new Day.
You give us hope and make us new;
How wondrous is our life in you!
Biblical Texts: Matthew 1:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Matthew 22:34-40; Matthew 4:3, 1:1; John 6, 8,12, 10; Colossians 1:15-20; John 14:6, 11:25
Tune: TRURO LM (“Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates”) PH #8
Thomas Williams, 1789. Harm. Lowell Mason (1792-1872).
Text: Copyright © 2008 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
This hymn was written at the request of gifted Christian Educator Don Griggs to be used for his 2009 Lenten study Knowing Jesus Through Many Names, published by The Thoughtful Christian/Presbyterian Publishing Corporation: www.thethoughtfulchristian.com
Carolyn Winfrey Gillette is author of Gifts of Love: New Hymns for Today’s Worship (Geneva Press, 2000), Songs of Grace: New Hymns for God and Neighbor (Discipleship Resources, 2009) and serves with her husband Bruce as the co-pastors of the Limestone Church in Wilmington, Del.
