No One Knows the Day or Hour

No one knows the day or hour

When the Son of Man will come—

Not the an­gels sing­ing

Glo­ry!

And not ev­en God’s own Son.

No one knows

so watch and wait.

Serve the Lord! Don’t he­si­tate.

Long ago

the friends of No­ah

Lived their lives their same old ways.

Eating

drink­ing

joy and strug­gle

Filled their or­di­na­ry days.

Surely they were all sur­prised

When they saw the wa­ters rise.

Though we do not know the hour

Christ

you’ve told us what to do.

You have called us to be watch­ful

Ready for a world made new.

May we focus on the ways

We can serve you in these days:

May we give to those who hun­ger

And give thirs­ty ones their fill.

May we wel­come in the strang­er

Clothe the nak­ed

help the ill.

May we vis­it pri­son­ers

too;

So we’ll be pre­pared for you.