The following is the text from a classic hymn concerning the Sovereignty of God in times of struggle. We hope these lyrics could be a strength for you in whatever season you are presently in. This hymn greatly sustained our friend David Jolliff in his struggle with cancer and will be a part of his service of burial.
What God Ordains Is Always Good
By: Samuel Rodigast
What God ordains is always good: His will is just and holy.
As he directs my life for me, I follow meek and lowly.
My God indeed, In every need,
Knows well how he will shield me; To him, then, I will yield me.
What God ordains is always good: He never will deceive me;
He leads me in his own right way, And never will he leave me.
I take content, What he has sent;
His hand that sends me sadness, Will turn my tears to gladness.
What God ordains is always good: His loving thought attends me;
No poison can be in the cup, That my physician sends me.
My God is true; Each morning new
I trust his grace unending, My life to him commending.
What God ordains is always good: He is my friend and father;
He suffers naught to do me harm, Though many storms may gather.
Now I may know, Both joy and woe;
Someday I shall see clearly, That he has loved me dearly.
What God ordains is always good: Though I the cup am drinking
Which savors now of bitterness, I take it without shrinking.
For after grief, God gives relief,
My heart with comfort filling, And all my sorrow stilling.
What God ordains is always good: This truth remains unshaken.
Though sorrow, need, or death be mine, I shall not be forsaken.
I fear no harm, For with his arm
He shall embrace and shield me; So to my God I yield me.
Hymn # 422
Lutheran Worship
Author: Severus Gastorius
Tune: Was Gott Tut
1st Published in: 1674
