O living Word of God, God’s image true

O living Word of God

God’s image true

Thou art the content of God’s written word;

God in Thee we have met

God’s fulness found

And in the Scripture we Thyself have heard.

No man has e’er seen God

apart from Thee

Without the Scripture Thee we’d hardly see;

Thou to the human race God hast declared

And thru the Scripture Thou art shown to me.

Perfect embodiment Thou art of God

A portrait full the Scripture gives of Thee;

In Thee we comprehend God’s image true

And thru the Scripture Thou art real to me.

Life-giving Spirit Thou

as well as Word

Now e’en the Spirit in the Word Thou art;

When thru the Spirit giv’n

I touch the Word

Fulness divine to me Thou dost impart.

In Thee I may with God have fellowship

And thru the Scripture I on Thee may feed;

Thru study of the Word with prayer to God

Thy glorious riches fully meet my need.

Teach me to exercise my spirit

Lord

Thy Word to study

so to contact Thee

That Thou

the living Word

with Scripture

too

As one my daily manna e’er may be.