Faith of Generations

Do you know the faith of Abel?
For whom God's favor had a price
Have you heard the tale of Enoch?
Who walked with God and never died

Surely Noah's life testifies
That faith is not sight
As sure as Abram's eyes
Beheld the starry sky
His children long to find the countryside
That they are promised
So we leave behind
All earthly ties and run

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus Christ
With all who stand beside us
He is the spark that ignites the faith of generations
The cross endured
Its shame despised
Our faith completed as we strive
To fix our eyes

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Blessed their sons in foreign lands
Then some 400 years later
The foretold exodus began

Surely Moses was no ordinary
Child of promise
As sure as Rahab's trust
Was not in walls of stone
All of us reborn through the waters
Into the wilderness
For where our Savior calls
We're given faith to go

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus Christ
With all who stand beside us
He is the spark that ignites the faith of generations
The cross endured
Its shame despised
Our faith completed as we strive
To fix our eyes

What more can I say?
I don't have the time to tell
Of every strength born of weakness
Wish we could've seen it
As they conquered kingdoms
And armies and giants and every fear
But not every story ends
With the heroes who pass through the flames
And the lion's den
We, together with them
Will gain resurrection
So we hold to the same hope
And love with the same love
With all the faith of generations

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus Christ
With all who stand beside us
He is the spark that ignites the faith of generations
The cross endured
Its shame despised
Our faith completed as we strive
To fix our eyes