Purpose

As you awaken to the Dawn Chorus,

As you enter the dawning of another new day,

You’re exhorted to live a day of purpose.

With a requirement not to fritter it away.

God has granted you a day for His Glory,

This day has not drifted by chance from outer space,

This day was created by the Designer of the universe,

And in it He has a purpose for the whole human race.

So this is the day that the Lord has made,

We should not merely “idle” it away,

We were never made to live empty lives,

There is a purpose to live for every day.

We can drift aimlessly, like a sailor “lost at sea,”

Or stumble on like a blind man, in the dark that cannot see,

We may believe in evolution, that life is all by chance,

That nothing is designed by the Voice of Divinity.

But we can have a peace that passes all understanding,

Whether we’re aware of our purpose, matters not,

We can be sensitive to the prompting of the Holy Ghost,

To walk daily “in the Spirit,” overseen by Almighty God.

And so, our days will have purpose,

Ordained by God alone,

We’ll be led on our pilgrim journey,

Until we reach our “heavenly home!”

Peter Burt