It All Seemed Lost

It all seemed lost How could this be the end? We poured our hearts out To the God who can defend It seemed He didn’t hear us Though we’d sought to do His will All our hopes were in one basket For God’s promise to fulfill We clung with faith Until it all seemed lost Our hearts were crushed Our worst fears played the cast It all seemed lost When Jesus, God's own Son Was crucified and buried Oh what then? It all seemed lost We waited till the end For Yahweh God to rescue His helpless ones defend But we forgot That Yahweh authors life Not death nor deadlines Can thwart Him with their strife! The generations echo The way He tests our faith And then surely delivers When it seems we've met our fate It all seemed lost When Jesus, God's own Son Was crucified and buried Oh what then? Adam, all seems lost But God gave me a promise To send a son to reverse All my curse Abram, all seems lost You're 90 with no son Yes, God gave me a promise And He'll revive the womb Ruth, all seems lost God gave yours a famine Then He gave them death Yes, but I still trust God Whose power consumes death! It all seemed lost When Jesus, God's own Son Was crucified and buried Oh what then? Esther, all seems lost You're exiled from Zion Because of Israel's sin And Haman son of Agag The remnant of Saul's sin Is coming back to get you And he sure looks to win! I trust Yahweh We're exiled, not abandoned For surely I am queen of Persia For such a time as this! My God has planned for this! It all seemed lost When Jesus, God's own Son Was crucified and buried Oh what then? Yahweh surely raised Him Son of Adam Son of Abraham Son of Ruth Saved by Esther Proving truth That all’s not lost God counted the cost And He makes good On what was lost He restores! Nothing's lost! It all seemed lost When Jesus, God's own Son Was crucified and buried But He rose again! Our failures God o'ercomes Our sin He disciplines But God will never leave us His chosen He'll defend! When all seems lost Then God!