Author: Richard Baxter 1615-91
Lord, it is not within my care
whether I die or live;
to love and serve you is my share,
and this your grace must give.
2. If life is long, I shall be glad
that I may long obey;
if short, then why should I be sad
to soar to endless day?
3. Christ leads me through no darker rooms
than he went through before;
whoever to God’s kingdom comes
must enter by this door.
4. Come, Lord, when grace has made me fit
your holy face to see;
for if your work on earth is sweet,
what will your glory be?
5. My knowledge of that life is small,
the eye of faith is dim;
it is enough that Christ knows all
and I shall be with him.
Scriptures: John 21:15-17, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, Job 26:14, 1 Corinthians 13:12, 1 Peter 1:8, Hebrews 2:14, 1 John 3:2, Romans 12:11, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, John 2:24-25, Luke 13:24, John 4:34, Hebrews 4:15, Romans 14:8, 2 Timothy 4:6-8, John 10:9, Genesis 39:20-23, Philippians 1:20-21, Psalms 139:10, John 3:5, John 16:30, Acts 20:22-24, 2 Corinthians 5:6-9