They look back in time
Sealed in a picture, held in a moment forever.
I remember their story, their pain
Knowing I will never see them again.
Impressions left and memories made.
Radical love to them displayed
But for a time so brief and fleeting
What can be changed in a single meeting?
With me not much I am just a Man
But encounter HIM because he can
Change it all in a single instant
Bring new life to a heart despondent
He goes with us wherever we go
Leading us against the flow
And ebb of this culture, this world
We can't stop until they've all been told
They have to hear it so who will go?
These perishing people have to know
Who will stand and shout it out
Spreading this hope all about
This world heading to anguish and torment
Whose hearts are hard, remaining dormant
They long for freedom and second birth
They need to know what they are worth
The price that was paid and the blood that was shed
The thorns that were slammed onto his head
The spear that pierced his aching side
While soldiers gambled to divide
His broken clothing bloodied and torn
And the onlookers jeer and scorn
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He breathes his last his live is given
No not taken but freely given
The earth shakes the sky turns black
The sin of the world was on his back
The veil is torn and the dead rise up
He has drunk the abominable cup
He drank it all down to the lease
The centurion drops to his knees
Surely this was the son of God
Who descended from heaven and this earth trod
Why didn't he just set himself free?
Call a legion of angels with a single plea
This is the centre of a bigger picture
You need to look at the whole of scripture
This has always been the plan
To save the world through a single man
After Adam screwed it up
And was unable to take that cup
There was never any other way
It had to conclude on that day
The spotless man completely righteous
He is the only one able to clean us
But it isn't over just wait 3 days
And the son of God will return and raise
Death is beaten, swallowed up
Jesus is stronger than that cup
And then he gives his last command
One final single parting demand
You must tell others about my name
So their salvation they might claim
Do not let this price be paid in vein
Tell this world about my name
Wherever you go I'll be with you
That is the promise that I issue
And wherever you go you must tell
That I've made a way to escape from hell
When people meet you they should see me
And they should know that they can be free
Preach it with your mouth your life your thoughts
This life is not mine I have been bought
So get going now to the ends of the earth
Proclaiming the need for second birth
lift the veil from their eyes
Cause if you don't they will die
Never having known there was only one way
Leading to the father on that final day
What is my response to a task that is bigger than the sea?
Here I am LORD ... Please ... Send me.
