Go to the Work
 
1. Go to the work, the work of God's own choosing,
With all your heart, with happiness press on;
The work is His, who gave you the position,
And what God does is always rightly done!
Go to the work, and sow the seeds He gives you,
It's not your place to make them sprout and grow;
But trust the Lord to bring them to fruition:
A thousand ways, of which you do not know. 
 
2. Go to the work, with God's love in your actions,
Be just and fair, considerate and kind;
But also firm, forever evil hating,
And leave all sloth and laziness behind.
Go to the work, but do not think of money,
Or of reward, or castles in the sky;
But just go on, and use the strength He gives you,
Look for the need, take up the work that's nigh. 
 
3. Go to the work, with God's joy overflowing,
A willing tool, a vessel in His hands;
A chosen one, a messenger for heaven,
To bring His life and healing to all lands.
Go to the work, and never look behind you,
Though it is dark and difficult to see;
Take up the cross, and rush into the battle,
God holds the stars,
He'll give you victory! 
 
4. Go to the work, for working is a blessing,
God saw His work, and said that it was good!
He gave to man some labor under heaven,
That by this school,
God would be understood.
Go to the work, for it is preparation,
Our mind and thoughts are form'd for heav'nly things;
To higher realms, we soon will be promoted,
And then we'll work before the King of kings! 
 
Text: Frank Zimmerman, partly based on the German hymn, "So geh' denn hin"