There’s a gospel of today

There’s a gospel of today That says believe and you’ll be saved and then You can go to heaven and see the pearly gates And walk the golden streets; Words like these fail to treat All the vanity that is hidden in me.

But the gospel is to me The Triune God within humanity As the Spirit reaching me to be in me The one reality; Love untold—Gospel Thee Never getting old—story told eternally.

Left the ninety-nine behind— You searched until the lost sheep You did find, Laid me on Your shoulders there, You bore me in Your tender loving care; Rejoicing—You found me Though a small lost sheep—You gave all to come find me.

Sweeping in my deepest parts, You lit a lamp and searched my inward heart, Sanctifying deep within You shined in me, Exposed me of my sin; Repenting—now I see Lord, You’re sprinkling me—with the blood You shed for me.

Eagerly awaiting me That I the slightest turn to Thee would make Though my life had been a wreck, You ran to me And fell upon my neck Kissing me, affectionately; Killed the calf for me—“Let us eat and be merry.”