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God’s Company

Christian soldier, marching on,

Boldly to the fray;

Don’t despise the little one,

Who’d get in the way.

With your eyes fixed straight ahead,

On Christ our general;

Don’t ignore those right beside,

Who might stumble, fall.

Reach out your hand, to lift them up,

Take from their back, the load;

What the prize, if you reach the end,

But leave them on the road?

Mind the leader of your group,

Your local pastor, priest;

For though he marches at the front,

He’ll not forget the least.

For it was for the least, Christ came,

He’s Shepherd over all;

He came to save the rich and great,

He came to save the small.

His Spirit calls out pastors,

Anoints them with His love;

Calls them to feed His little lambs,

And guide them safe above.

Each pastor is a shepherd,

And under Christ must fall;

Their ear must be attuned to Him,

Must hear His every call.

And we must find our shepherd too,

To guide us on this earth;

To follow him, as he follows Christ,

And learn to know his worth.

He’s the one who hears the Word,

For where this group should go;

We must learn to heed his voice,

And grow his heart to know.

For there is safety in this plan,

God’s priests should lead the way;

And as we follow in their steps,

Safe on His path we’ll stay.

Our God will speak to each of us,

About our daily life;

But we must have a leader,

Who will keep us out of strife.

Our local shepherd guards his flock,

From wolves or poison weed,

He grows a rich, pure, pasture,

Where we can safely feed.

He watches if we start to stray,

And calls our lives to task;

But if we have a hidden need,

It’s up to us to ask.

As sheep, we must be gentle,

To those within, without;

But also we are soldiers,

Who must spread God’s Word about.

For sheep have not the boldness,

That a soldier’s called to show;

Though they will follow, faithfully,

The shepherd that they know.

And soldiers can be ‘blinkered’,

As they set their sights to win;

Abandoning their wounded,

To save the lost from sin.

A sheep by nature’s gentle,

And seldom will it fight;

So we can hide, in gentleness,

And not proclaim the Light.

But we must find the balance,

To walk out in daily living;

Bold soldiers marching out the Word,

And by Christ’s teaching, living

© 28/8-1/9-2003