Look to Christ

A brand new Christmas carol focused on the true hope and unity found in Christ, which encourages listeners to share God’s story of hope with others.

Performance materials are available on J.W. Pepper:

For the 2021 Community Choir and Orchestra Christmas Cantata
NDSCS Cultural Center, Bremer Bank Theater, Wahpeton, ND
Kent Loken and Jana Berndt, Co-directors

About the piece

The world premiere of Look to Christ was on December 11, 2021. The performance also included Christmas Prelude, Great Is Thy Faithfulness, O Come, All Ye Faithful, and O Holy Night, in addition to others.

Words and music by Paul Cravens

Lyrics

Some will say there is no hope,
No escape for those in turmoil
Out of the ruins of civility,
Out of the shadow of despair.
And some will say to be afraid,
Singing the songs of angry men.
Some speak of danger on the left or on the right,
But few are brave enough to look within

And see the sin that separates us from our Maker.
And yet He still desires for us to be His own.
Through all our faithless years He has been faithful,
And I will go and tell His story to the world,
And I will go and tell His story to the world.

I will say that there is hope,
A sure escape for those in turmoil
Out of the ruins of humanity,
A better life than was before.
And I will say though there is fear,
We know a Savior who has triumphed.
We look to Him who paid our ransom,
To Him who sits upon the throne:

Look to Christ, the author of redemption.
Look to Christ, the true and living Word.
And I will go and tell His story from the mountaintop,
I will go and tell His story to the world,
I will go and tell His story to the world.

For years untold Your people wandered,
Wondering when Your light would come.
Now we look back and see Your faithfulness,
When hope was born so many centuries ago.

Look to Christ, the author of redemption.
Look to Christ, the true and living Word.
And I will go and tell His story from the mountaintop,
I will go and tell His story to the world,
I will go and tell His story to the world,
And I will go and tell His story to the world.