Hymn
Our God Is Not Like Us
A hymn based on the 55th chapter of Isaiah.
To the tune "St. Denio" (familiarly paired with "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise")
1
Our God is not like us —
Seek him while you may!
The Lord will have mercy —
To him turn today!
His thoughts are not our thoughts,
His ways not our ways —
Abundant forgiveness his Word now conveys.
2
Forsake wicked ways,
See the cost of our sin.
Our guilt and corruption
Leave no good within.
We’ve nothing to offer;
No works can suffice.
Our lives are demanded, for death is sin’s price.
3
Come, all who are thirsty!
Come, listen and live!
Take hold of the blessings
The Lord wants to give.
Drink deep of the waters,
A feast is prepared —
Your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
4
The one Bread of Heaven
Come buy without cost!
The price has been covered
By Christ on the Cross:
One man died for all men;
Sin’s debt he did pay.
The gift of salvation is God’s higher way.
5
And all this he gives us
Through his pow’rful Word.
He works through the Scriptures
Both written and heard.
As life-giving waters
From heaven come down,
His Word brings forth faith in the soul’s thirsty ground.
6
So go out in joy
And be led forth in peace!
The praise of creation
For God will not cease.
The mountains will sing
Of his glory and love
The trees of the field laud our Father above.
7
God’s faithful love calls us —
O, share that good news!
O, tell all the peoples
Those sweet Gospel truths!
To nations bear witness
That Jesus does save!
To us life and innocence freely he gave.
8
Our God is not like us —
O thank him today!
The grace that he’s shown us
Invites us to stay
Close by him forever
In faith and in love,
To serve him and praise him on earth and above.