A week ago a dear friend of mine shared this amazing song with me. As I listened to these lyrics read out loud tears filled my eyes as I felt like the Lord whispering these very words to my heart. As my days at home, my days of comfort, the days of my life as I currently know it come to an end I find myself wrestling with these very questions. What am I truly willing to sacrifice for my God? Am I willing to leave my family, myself and the life that I knew and loved behind in order to answer yes to these questions? My answer is yes albeit a feeble, weak and not much more than a whisper yes. A yes that I’ve never questioned but at times haven’t enjoyed the reality it might bring. A yes that scares me as much, if not more than excites me. A yes that easily and quickly brings tears to my eyes for more reasons than I’m even aware of right now. However, it is a yes that as this journey unfolds I expect to grow more confident in, and in time won’t merely be whispering it but rather yelling it from the mountain tops.
Yes Lord, I will follow if you but call…
The Summons
John Bell
Will you come and follow me if I but call your name?
Will you go where you don’t know and never be the same?
Will you let my love be shown? Will you let my name be known,
will you let my life be grown in you and you in me?
Will you leave yourself behind if I but call your name?
Will you care for cruel and kind and never be the same?
Will you risk the hostile stare should your life attract or scare?
Will you let me answer prayer in you and you in me?
Will you let the blinded see if I but call your name?
Will you set the prisoners free and never be the same?
Will you kiss the leper clean and do such as this unseen,
and admit to what I mean in you and you in me?
Will you love the “you” you hide if I but call your name?
Will you quell the fear inside and never be the same?
Will you use the faith you’ve found to reshape the world around,
through my sight and touch and sound in you and you in me?
Lord your summons echoes true when you but call my name.
Let me turn and follow you and never be the same.
In Your company I’ll go where Your love and footsteps show.
Thus I’ll move and live and grow in you and you in me.
