IF THE RAPTURE WERE TODAY
WOULD YOU GO, OR WOULD YOU STAY,
WOULD YOU SCREAM OR WOULD YOU PRAY,
IF THE RAPTURE WERE TODAY?
IF CHRIST CAME TO EARTH TONIGHT,
WOULD YOU BE READY OR FILLED WITH FRIGHT,
WOULD YOU REJOICE AT HIS SIGHT,
IF JESUS CAME TO EARTH TONIGHT?
IF GOD ROLLED THE EARTH AWAY,
WOULD YOU SIGH — OR WOULD YOU PINE AWAY,
FOR THE THINGS HE TOOK AWAY,
IF GOD CHOSE TO END THIS WORLD TODAY?
THE THINGS WE HOLD SO CLOSE AND DEAR,
THE THINGS WE HOPE, THE THINGS WE FEAR,
THEY SEEM SO MIGHTY AND IMPORTANT HERE;
BUT SHOULD THEY BE SO VERY DEAR?
IF THE FATHER CALLED YOUR NAME,
AND SAID OUT LOUD, “LET GO YOUR SHAME!”,
WOULD YOU WISH CHRIST NEVER CAME,
TO OFFER YOU A BRAND NEW NAME?
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL THINK THESE OUT,
AND GIVE THE LORD A PRAISE FILLED SHOUT,
AND DEDICATE YOUR LIFE RIGHT OUT,
SO GOD CAN COME TAKE YOU OUT!!
© Anthony J. Massotti Th.M., Th.M. 4/18/1999