Inward Christians

Make me an inward Christian

Lord

Weighty within I’d be;

I’d do things from the deepest part

Live fully unto Thee.

Paying attention to one thing—

The wondrous Christ within

All persons

every matter

everything

Into the spirit bring.

To not by knowledge

doctrine

live

But eat the tree of life;

First caring for the flow within

Never by self to strive.

Not outward changing of myself

But transformed inwardly

Not self improvement

self control

But Christ who reigns in me.

Unfazed by outward sufferings

Glory to glory bring;

Through Baca’s valley traveling

Yet making it a spring.

Highways to Zion make my heart

From strength to strength each day

Taking the church way inwardly

The inner life t’obey.

Living in the reality

Though outward shell we see

On the intrinsic focusing

We’ll constituted be.