Song

• English

  Lift Up The Suffering Symbol by Michael Card

  They grew tired of bread form heaven

  And of Moses and of God

  They longed to live the life of slavery once again

  So they muttered and they grumbled

  And they whimpered and they whined;

  With each faithless word, sank deeper into sin

  He took the pen of pain once more

  To write upon their hearts

  The lesson they had been so slow to learn

  But writing in the sand, the fiery serpents came to call

  With a holy message and a bite that burned

  (Chorus:)

  Lift up the suffering symbol

  And place it high upon a pole

  Tell the children to look up and be made whole

  So Moses made a metal snake,

  And nailed it to a pole

  Sent out the saving word so they would know

  That the symbol of their suffering was now the focus of their faith

  And with a faithful glance, the healing power would flow

  In time the brazen serpent became an idol in the land

  And they left the living God to worship clay

  When they forgot their suffering

  Soon true faith had disappeared

  So some idolize a brazen cross today

  (Chorus x4)

  Tell the children to look up and be made whole