THE WOOD OFFERING

Help me, Lord Jesus, to provide

The wood offering - to maintain

What is for thy service, without

Pretension, to dependably

Supply unmemorable and

Unsung effort. As others have

Laboured, their names now known only

To God, make me expendable,

Reduced to ash. As Urijah

Would not act for his own comfort

If the Ark and God’s people were

In the fields, even if it meant

His death. As Naboth of Jizreel

Would not abandon his father’s land

Whatever the cost - even if

It meant his death. As Christ’s bondman

Paul spent and was spent, night and day,

That God’s service should continue,

That God’s testimony remain,

Even to the point of his death.