Our God is a God of purpose

Our God is a God of purpose

What He plans

He will fulfill!

Genesis to Revelation

Shows His full and glorious will.

What He’s after is a building.

In creation He began

With a simple garden planted—

This

the setting for His plan.

Man was made

the first step God took

To achieve His final goal

As a vessel

a container

Three parts—body

spirit

soul.

God

of dust

a body formed him

Breath of life into him breathed—

This part is man’s human spirit

By which God may be received.

In the garden God had planted

Every tree He made to grow

Good for food

to sight most pleasing

And the tree of life also!

Second

then

in God’s intention

Was that man should freely eat

Of the life-tree in the center

To obtain His life complete.

Third

we see a river flowing

Out of Eden coming forth

With its flow in four directions—

East and west and south and north

As on Christ our life we’re feeding

Living water in us flows.

Hallelujah for this river

And the watering it bestows!

In the flowing of the river

Gold

pearl

onyx stone we see;

Three materials

raw yet precious

For God’s building meant to be.

Look

these elements are shining’

How can we

then

shine as they?

Simply by the Lord

the Spirit

Us transforming every day.

God the Father (in this fourth step)

Source of life

is gold divine;

Christ the Son was wounded by us

To produce the pearl so fine.

God the Spirit brings the stones forth—

Transformation of the clay.

By the flowing of the Spirit

Changed we’ll be from day to day.

Insufficient are materials

Precious though they be and best:

These must be built up together

That God’s house they may express.

Fifth step: We ourselves hand over

To the building that we be

Built into God’s house

His dwelling.

One in each locality.

Finally

in Revelation

Is the picture of Christ’s Bride—

Consummation of God’s purpose;

He is fully satisfied.

New Jerusalem

a city

Is the Bridegroom’s counterpart—

So the church built up together

Forms the Bride for Christ’s own heart.

How can we

as those who truly

Long to see God reach His goal

Be united and related?

By denial of our soul!

As we contact Christ in spirit

Feed on Him as life to us

Then His life will flow

transform us

To His Bride

all glorious!