SAILOR, MAKE HIM YOUR ANCHOR!
©2000-2001 Russell Hicks

Once I saw a young sailor; she fought the bad guys all around,
But it ended in unfortunate defeat:  'Twas too hard, she found.
Filling up with compassion, I went to tell her what I know:
We are more than simply conquerors through Him Who doth love us so!

Christ my Saviour is Lord of all; underneath Him evil disappears.
Trust Him, dear one, for He is love; and His truth is what the wicked fear.
Sailor, make Him now your Anchor lest the howling storms toss you 'round!
Should the darkness veil, Christ my Light won't fail, shining your way
 t'ward ground.

Compasses show which direction's north, and so, which way you should go.
Christ my Compass points to His Word so that the way to Heaven we may know.
Jesus, Who made all the stars and planets, knows your innermost thoughts.
Love was free and justice was great when He alone died up there on the cross.
After three long nights and three long days He then arose;
With a brilliant light the devil was then overthrown!
Empty was the tomb that held my Lord; according to His Word, He is alive!
Sailor, make Him now your Anchor; for this should you strive.

Christ my Saviour is Lord of all; underneath Him evil disappears.
Trust Him, dear one, for He is love; and His truth is what the wicked fear.
Sailor, make Him now your Anchor lest the howling storms toss you 'round!
Should the darkness veil, Christ my Light won't fail, shining your way
 t'ward ground.

Sailor, do you face your fights alone, success just out of your reach?
Come, I'll show a much better way--it is the truth of God I love to teach.
How to explain, in a word so plain, the love that God has for you?
Infinite and ever unchanging, that our lives to Him are fully due.
Sailor, make Him now your Anchor and you then are saved;
For the road to Heaven Christ my Lord's already paved.
He'll forgive you if you come to Him, confessing all your sin, with none
 ignored.
Sailor, worship Christ your Lord Who lives forevermore!

Christ my Saviour is Lord of all; underneath Him evil disappears.
Trust Him, dear one, for He is love; and His truth is what the wicked fear.
Sailor, make Him now your Anchor lest the howling storms toss you 'round!
Should the darkness veil, Christ my Light won't fail.
See you the lighthouse now?

Sailor, make Him your Anchor!