Show me what can die in my life

Show me what will hurt most to give up

For the childless

            They gave up their sons

For the poor

            She gave up her mites

The widow

            She gave up her sustenance

The Anointed One

            To step into destiny in his own time

            Choosing death rather than control

Giving up his destiny again and again

            To establish eternal kingdom

The sinless gave up his right to sinlessness

            Bearing all sins in death

            Gaining life eternal

He who had a home chose homelessness

            To gain the eternal city

            Whose builder is God

Giving up reputation with man

            Gaining reputation with God

Moses gave up his title as prince

            Choosing reproach

            And became leader of a nation

            Standing in the presence of God

Give it up, give it up

            Give up what you love

                        And what seems good

            For it is the way

                        Of the heavenly!

Giving up the right to strategy

            Walls come crumbling down

Showing up to war

            With horns and torches

            And clay pots

            No weapon in hand

And winning utterly

            For the dread of the Lord

            That went before 

            Those who lay aside reasoning

And the way that seems right to a man.