There’s a way before us and a race to run

There’s a way before us and a race to run—

Christ our way

Christ our way!

Turn away from everything distracting us—

Run the race

run the race!

From the altar through the Holy Place

Through the veil into our God

To the law of life within the ark;

’Tis the goal

our great reward.

There’s a cloud of witnesses surrounding us

Urging us

forward come!

There is Abel

Enoch

Jacob

Abraham

Moses

David

Solomon.

John the Baptist greater than them all

Even he bids forward come!

These all died in faith

receiving not

Promises that were to come.

The Old Testament believers give the call

“Forward come

forward come!”

For complete perfection they depend on us

Going on! Going on!

We are at the consummation now

Of our God’s economy;

Better things we are experiencing.

Praise the Lord—reality!

E’en the least of us is greater than their great.

We’re not small

we’re not small!

They are waiting

watching

and expecting us.

“Forward come!” hear their call!

They have run the race and for their sakes

We’ll obey the law of life.

Till the day we’ll all be joined in one

To express God’s glorious Christ.