In The Image Of God

In The Image Of God
In the image of God,
we were made long ago,
with the purpose divine,
here His glory to show.
But we failed Him one day,
and like sheep went astray,
thinking not of the cost,
We His likeness had lost.

But from eternity
God had in mind
the work of Calvary,
the lost to find.
From His heaven so broad,
Christ came down earth to trot,
so that men might live again,
in the image of God

Now that I have believed
and the Savior received,
now that I from the cry
of my guilt am relieved.
I will live for my Lord,
not for gain nor reward -
but for love, thinking of what
His grace has restored

I'll never comprehend
redemption's plan.
How Christ could condescend
to die for men.
Such a Savior I'll praise
to the end of my days,
as I upward onward trod,
in the image of God!