Radix

 

I have seen the altars crowded

With men repenting of their sin,

Reconciling wrongs and being refreshed

Being filled with the Holy Spirit within

 

Some dance, some shout and clap their hands

While others  knelt and bowed and wept.

Our Father gives it all, then He receives it all

And in heaven’s treasury it’s kept

 

Experience is not the root of worship;

Experiences are the overflow

For true and living praise

Starts with the author of our days

And is yielded back to Him so we can show

 

He is the giver and the receiver of  our worship.

So we minister unto You oh Lord!

He unifies believers in our worship

And makes of us a mighty threefold cord.

 

He is the giver of the desire

He is the giver of the Holy fire

He is the receiver of our offering

He gives and receives the song that we sing

 

Anthony Foster

July 8, 2002