The Mission

Wh[D]en the runners came from Bethlehem
Al[A]l breathless with good news
Th[G]ey were passing a baton forward through time                  [D]
Th[D]e commission, from God's lips to our ears
Ca[A]rried by His saints two thousand years
Co[G]nnects us all to the same lifeline
As[A] I fix my eyes ahead
I [G]can feel the Spirit's breath...

 A[D]nd  I can hear the mission b[A]ell ringing out loud and clear [G]
It[D]'s the revolution Jesus star[A]ted, and it's here             [G]
Ec[D]hoing across the world from [A]the shores of Galilee          [G]
I [D]can hear the mission bell ca[A]ll for you and me              [G]                    [D]                         [G]
I wanna run with fire           [G]                [D]                     [G]
It's my heart's desire          [G]               [D]                    [G]
Lifting your love higher        [G]             [D]                  [G]

In the history of our faith's arrivals
Great awakenings, Welsh revivals
Saints and martyrs, summoned by a new birth
Patrick's save of the Irish nation
Willian Carey's expectation
Lambs and Lions
Called to the ends of the earth
Gotta put my hand to the plow
Not looking back, not now...