On this tough path, you want to run
Against the flow, O foolish one.
But what you think you want, you know
Leads only through a rougher road.
For willful longing brings much pain.
(To live is Christ, to die is gain.)
So let this go and lay it down.
Take up the cross, and turn around.
It’s time to listen to His voice,
To die to self, to live His choice.
Although this way leads through the fire,
God can change your heart’s desire,
Conform you to the image of
His One and Only Son of Love.
On this tough path, you want to run
Against the flow, O foolish one.
But what you think you want, you know
Leads only through a rougher road.
For willful longing brings much pain.
(To live is Christ, to die is gain.)
So let this go and lay it down.
Take up the cross, and turn around.
It’s time to listen to His voice,
To die to self, to live His choice.
Although this way leads through the fire,
God can change your heart’s desire,
Conform you to the image of
His One and Only Son of Love.
Against the flow, O foolish one.
But what you think you want, you know
Leads only through a rougher road.
For willful longing brings much pain.
(To live is Christ, to die is gain.)
So let this go and lay it down.
Take up the cross, and turn around.
It’s time to listen to His voice,
To die to self, to live His choice.
Although this way leads through the fire,
God can change your heart’s desire,
Conform you to the image of
His One and Only Son of Love.