My Faith Looks Up to Thee by Lowell Mason is a thoughtful contemplation on the nature of trust in God and confidence in His promises. Looking upward is a huge part of faith; it’s a physical representation of God being above us, and around us, and higher than we are. Our need for now and eternity is the Lord who is greater and more glorious than anything near us, and Christians follow His leading from this life to the next by ever moving upward toward Him.
My faith looks up to thee, thou Lamb of Calvary,
Savior divine:
now hear me while I pray, take all my guilt away,
O let me from this day be wholly thine.
May thy rich grace impart strength to my fainting heart,
my zeal inspire;
as thou hast died for me, O may my love to thee
pure, warm, and changeless be, a living fire.
While life’s dark maze I tread, and griefs around me spread,
be thou my guide;
bid darkness turn to day, wipe sorrow’s tears away,
nor let me ever stray from thee aside.
When ends life’s transient dream, when death’s cold, sullen stream
shall o’er me roll,
blest Savior, then, in love, fear and distrust remove;
O bear me safe above, a ransomed soul.
Hymn tune: OLIVET
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