Altar Call

 

As I'm waking up this morning I feel like a sacrifice

Like I'm about to be slaughtered- Like I've got to pay a price

But then I wonder why- 'cause I've already died

except to selfish desires that He must purify

 

He beseeches me to become a living sacrifice

Holy and acceptable for I worship when I do

I will not conform to this world as If He won't suffice

I will be transformed and my mind He will renew.

 

So lay myself upon His altar to be consumed by fire

To give myself to His perfect will and not to my desires

To be poured out a libation on the coals of offering

Acceptable by the work He's done this saacrifice I bring

 

His altar of devotion has sent out the call

To be conformed to Christ who is the all in all

The sacrifice of praise on lips that have been blessed

With coals of purging  purity and blazing holiness

 

He beseeches me to become a living sacrifice

Holy and acceptable for I worship when I do

I will not conform to this world as If He won't suffice

I will be transformed and my mind He will renew.

 

9-25-86

 

Anthony Foster