Running the Earthly Race with a Heavenly Focus
Holding the Head
Tune: Londonderry Air (AKA “Danny Boy”)
Jim Delany
Colossians 2:19
Holding the Head, we cling to Christ our risen Lord.
Hold fast to Him, let nothing come between,
For as we hold, we’re nourished from that heavn’ly place;
And Christ as Head lives through us though unseen.
It is by faith we cling and thus His strength is ours,
And in His love, our hearts are knit as one.
Holding the Head, we increase with a growth divine,
Glory to God and to His own Beloved Son.
Ephesians 4:13-16
Grow up in Christ, in all things ever mind-ful,
Of our blest’ union with the Lord we love,
For from the Head, the Body’s fitly joined as one,
All parts supplied and increased from above.
Be not a babe, tossed to and fro by winds of doubt,
Walk not as carnal men in earthly strife,
Grow up in Christ, increase in knowledge of the Son,
To know Him and the pow’r of resurrection life.
Hebrews 3:1; 8:1-2; 4:16; 10:21-22
Consider Christ, High Priest of our profess-sion;
At God’s right hand, the Majesty on high.
In heaven’s sanctuary there’s a throne of grace,
And through His blood, we’re privileged to draw nigh.
Within the veil, oh glorious commun-ion,
Where we find refuge, grace in time of need,
Consider Him, who longs for us to enter in,
The heavn’ly Bread of Life, our hungry hearts to feed.
Hebrews 12:1-2; 6:19-20
Looking to Jesus, He who ran be-fore us,
Who for the heavn’ly joy endured the cross.
Consider Him, lest we be wearied in our minds,
And losing hope, we faint and suffer loss.
For as our eyes are focused on the Sav-ior,
We run the race with patience, and endure.
Looking to Jesus, who to glory brings His sons,
To Him our souls are anchored and they are secure.