Oh, Let Love's Incense Rise

Wake up, wake up, break out in song!Judges 5:12 There is only one way to keep the believer's worship hymn alive!And that is revisiting the place where by faith we were made wholeat the foot of the cross of Calvaryand to marvel again and again at our Saviour's love that suffered so on our behalf Oh, let love’s incense rise poured out in prayerful throngLet worship fill the earth and skies with hope’s unflinching songTo He who paid sin’s debt we owe a debt of loveTo be as wise as serpents yet as harmless as a doveTo lay aside sin’s weight that easily ensnaresTo believe rather than debate what God alone declares To trust Him and obey; A conscientious thingTo pour on altars of Today Worship’s drink offeringFor we are reconciled through grace no one can earnThrough Jesus Christ, who when reviled did not evil returnBut yielded unto death to conquer Satan’s strifeSo that faith with its dying breath would step from death to life Because God is not slack concerning promisesMercy holds heaven’s armies back in prolonged faithfulnessFor He so loved the world He gave Himself to winDeliverance from hell unfurled in punishment for sinHis precepts do not shift while He waits patientlyFor all who do not have the gift purchased at Calvary Oh, let love’s incense rise; poured out with joy and aweAs worship fills the earth and skies with praise for mercy's lawMay love's song never cease but ever brim and brimAs more and more receive the peace that only comes from HimWho is able always to do His perfect willThen let worship with prayerful praise His glory spill and spill (...for we have been set free from the death that did wait;Divorced for all eternity from love, to Satan's hate)The glory of the cross transforms love's agonyHow little is the servant's cost compared to Calvary Then sing with heart and soul, the hymn of conquered dreadBecause the faith that makes us whole will raise us from the dead © Janet Martin And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole. Luke 17:19