Jerusalem awaits me
1 'Jerusalem awaits me',
said Jesus to the crowd,
yet they would jeer and taunt him
and curse his name out loud.
'Today I cast out demons,
tomorrow I will heal
The third day I will finish
the things I came to seal’.
2 In childhood he was harassed
and Herod sought his blood;
and now that fox still needed
to fell him where he stood;
but Jesus was as cunning
as those who wished to kill
and later in the garden,
would seek to do God's will.
3 Here comes the man of blessing,
the Christ that they would kill,
and those who seek to worship,
must also seek his will.
God give us strength to follow,
and give us grace to serve,
to follow Jesus' footsteps,
to never lose our nerve.
Andrew Pratt (born 1948) based on Lent 2 - Luke 13.31-35
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Metre: 7 6 7 6 D
Tune: THORNBURY
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