Lord
reveal Thyself to me
That the flesh I’ll fully know;
May Thy grace so work in me
That in dust I’ll lowly bow.
How I long for victory
Yet
thru all my life
how weak!
Evil things I cannot leave
Nor can do the good I seek.
Inwardly I want the Lord
But my conduct hateful is;
Though I would
I cannot change
O what real bondage ’tis!
By God’s law my sin’s revealed
But the law of sin doth bind;
Though I struggle to be free
No release my soul can find.
Many times I fall and rise
Oft resolve
and often fail;
Craving vict’ry
I retreat
And my sad defeat bewail.
Truly I am sold to sin
And completely powerless;
There’s no good within my flesh
All is dark and sinfulness.
Now I know myself in part
And confess my helplessness;
All my temperament is odd
All my life corrupted is.
Subtle self I cannot trust
Nor to fleshly strength can cling;
All my trust and all my hope
Is in Jesus Christ my King.
May the Cross put me to death
That on Christ I may rely;
May His Holy Spirit fill
That Himself I may apply.
May His death so work in me
Daily deeper than before
That my self may be destroyed
And His life thru me may pour.
O how bitter is my case!
Who this wretched slave can free
Who deliver from this death
To a life of victory?
Jesus shed His blood for me
Christ is now my holiness;
I receive Him as my life
And my portion measureless.
Now I’m wholly sanctified
Selfless
I obey His word;
Nevermore to feel ashamed
When I come before the Lord.
How transcendent is this life!
Grace thru faith He gives to me!
Praise the Lord
He heard my cry
And has made me wholly free.