But One Step

 

 

Some plan for a year

Some, a month or a week,

One day at a time for me

Is changing as I speak.

 

A week is much to chew

Far less a month or year,

I had become settled on a day

In life’s fret and care.

 

Now, it is but one step,

One step, at a time for me,

This is the lot I can deal with-

I’m getting older you see.

 

But one step as I see it

Is the smart thing to do,

There’s no living in tomorrow

For neither me nor you.

 

 

I recall that ancient hymn

“His eye is on the sparrow”,

But one step in the second verse

Doesn’t speak of tomorrow.

 

It is of a constant walk

With one’s best friend ever,

This is none other, my friend

Than Jesus, the Saviour.

 

For by the path he leads,

It is but one step at a time

And, if faithful to his guidance,

The best of life we’ll find.

 

Plan a year if you must

Or even a month or week

But remember, as you plan,

God’s will you must seek.

 

For me it is but one step

Or I would go astray,

For the truth of the matter is,

I do not know the way.

The longest journey ever

Began with a single step

And without that initial move

Success could not be met.

 

It’s one step I reiterate

However innovative a man,

Even Jesus took a first step

In our salvation plan.

 

Stop tomorrow’s worry

Today has enough of its own,

Concentrate on that one step;

It’s one step going home.

 

Stewart Russell © December 21, 2023