There are some who would tell me that I only must wait -
that someday, I'll see what will be my fate.
They say it as though I'll just somehow, somewhere
wake up one morning and find that I'm there.
I'll be an adult, with adult skills, adult thoughts;
all the lessons I've needed will by then have been taught.

But I know that there's more than just waiting to be;
that to become of God's best will take all of me.
I know that I'm different because I am His
I know I must live it (God's Word tells me this)
Though I'm saved by His work, I'm called to work, too.
Though my future is settled, there's much I must do.

Is a tree not shaped by the wind it has faced?
Doesn't it matter where the seed has been placed?
Will it not matter how much water it gets
and if in the sun, or the shadows it sits?
Won't it be different if it is differently trimmed -
won't it be beautiful if its gardener is Him?

Though the boat will not move without wind in its sail,
it still must be steered as it glides through the gale.
Though it's the strength of the bow that moves the arrow along,
if the arrows not aimed, then its target is wrong.
Though salvation is totally God's work in me
I must commit to him too, this fact I now see.

I choose to walk in the paths of my Lord
to rest in His pastures, to feed on His Word.
I choose to repent if I find I have sinned
I choose to obey, for my Lord to commend.
The friends I will choose will be friends of His, too.
The things His Word tells me, those things I will do.

I'll need all His counsel to walk through each day;
I pray I'll not settle for some other way.
When He offers me joy (with all of its treasures),
I pray I'll not settle for this world's gaudy pleasures.
When all this world's offered have faded and rusted
I'll know my treasures are safe with the One I have trusted.