1. God eternal has a purpose,
  Formed in His eternal past,
  Spreading to eternal future;
  'Twixt these ends all time is cast.
  For with time there is the process,
  Time for His accomplishment;
  And in time we're merely travelers��
  For eternity we're meant.
2. God would have a group of people
  Built together in His plan,
  Blended, knit, coordinated
  As His vessel��one new man.
  God would come into this vessel
  With His nature, life and ways,
  Mingling Spirit with our spirits
  For His joy and to His praise.
3. God has worked in three directions
  For His plan so marvelous:
  As the Father, Son, and Spirit
  To dispense Himself to us!
  All the creation gives the setting��
  Heav'n and earth are for this plan;
  'Tis for this God made a body,
  Soul and spirit��three��part man.
4. As the center, as the kernel,
  Of God's plan our spirit is;
  Calling on the name of Jesus
  Makes our spirit one with His.
  From the center to circumference
  God would saturate each part;
  Feeling, mind, and will renewing,
  Making home in all our heart.
5. Thus in life we're built together,
  Then in love we're knit as one;
  God is now His plan fulfilling,
  Finishing what He's begun.
  Lord, increase Thyself within us
  That we might be built by Thee
  Into that great corporate vessel
  Filled with God exclusively.
6. As the product, the fulfillment,
  Will the church in glory stand,
  Consummation of the purpose
  In eternal ages planned.
  God will have His corporate vessel,
  All his glory to contain;
  Lord, we're wholly for Thy purpose
  All Thy goal in us attain.