O Christ, What Can It Mean for Us Lyrics

O Christ, what can it mean for us

To claim you as our king?

What royal face have you revealed

Whose praise the church would sing?

Aspiring not to glory's height

To power, wealth, and fame

You walked a different, lowly way

Another's will your aim

You came, the image of our God

To heal and to forgive

To shed your blood for sinners' sake

That we might rise and live

To break the law of death you came

The law of love to bring

A diff'rent rule of righteousness

A diff'rent kind of king

Though some would make their greatness felt

And lord it over all

You said the first must be the last

And service be our call

O Christ, in workplace, church, and home

Let none to power cling

For still, through us, you come to serve

A diff'rent kind of king

You chose a humble human form

And shunned the world's renown

You died for us upon a cross

With thorns your only crown

But still, beyond the span of years

Our glad hosannas ring

For now at God's right hand you reign

A diff'rent kind of king!