The Summons

#5


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 lepers clean,

And do all of the unseen?

And admit to what I mean in you

And you in me?

Lord, your summons echo 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

This is a song that I learned when I was younger. For a long time it has stuck with me because it is so meaningful to me and my life. Whenever I think about my future, or what I am going to do, I am reminded of this song and it encourages me. I love how it is about leaving myself behind and just living out God's will. His will is to love other people, even through hostility and turmoil. He calls every Christian to that. It's a pretty simple calling, it is usually in different ways though. In my life, I want to do this through nursing. My favorite part of this song is the last verse, where the person being called is accepting the calling. It also reminds me that I shouldn't just accept it and try to live out God's will, but I need to dwell in Him in order for me to do anything good.