On your name and for your gain
I may choose to minister in your power
But I can follow my plans and not your commands
So I fail to obey you hour by hour
I miss the point when I annoint
My head with oil that is not yours
What I will fulfill will not be your will
Though sincere and sure, I can be unpure
In your name, in your name, in your name
Will you bless an effort like the sacrifice of Cain?
Lord, Lord, won't you play our game?
In your name and our way are not the same.
For many will honor you whom you will dishonor
Many will own you whom you will disown
Many may minister with spectacular power
But you require a heart that's yours alone!
Christ's name can give his fruit a reason to live
But we're lawlwss if love is not in command
For God tha Father's will in Jesus's word are revealed
And love's miracle is simpler than our plan.
There is reason to fear these words that you hear
So examine yourself in this light
Clear your ears and your eyes you must realize
That we must be sure that our hearts are right!
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Will you work for the christ and not under Him?
To serve and glorify him your own way?
Powerful for Him but never weak in Him
He only knows those who will simply obey!
In your name, in your name, in your name
Will you bless an effort like the sacrifice of Cain?
Lord, Lord, won't you play our game?
In your name and our way are not the same.
For many will honor you whom you will dishonor
Many will own you whom you will disown
Many may minister with spectacular power
But you require a heart that's yours alone!
Matthew 7:21-23
March 1991
Anthony Foster
Copyright 1991 Anthony Foster