WHICH BLESSING HAVE YOU EARNED?

If God should draw his purse-strings tight,
And no blessings would bestow,
Except we earned them by our labor
In His vineyard here below.

Could we claim as ours, by right of wage,
The light that greets the eye;
The air we breathe; the song of birds;
The wonders of the sky?

Which promise could we say was ours?
Would God be in our debt,
Or would there be a dearth of blessings,
If there were wages set?

Aren't you glad He doesn't make us wait
To earn these simple things;
But lets us labor now to earn
The right to reign with Him as kings?

We could never earn one breath of air,
Yet, working by His grace,
We can hear Him say, "My child, well done",
When we see Him face to face.

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