The Spirit of the triune God

The Spirit of the triune God

Within our spirit now doth rest;

He ever seeks thru us to flow

That God in Christ may be expressed.

But by the outward

natural man

The Spirit is confined within;

Instead of giving Him a home

A prison we’ve become to Him.

He’s like a treasure of great worth

Contained in vessels earthen-made;

The vessel must be broken through

And thus the treasure be displayed.

Oh

how the Lord our self must break

Our outward man does so impede!

It must be broken thoroughly

And thus the Spirit will be freed.

This is the reason why the Lord

For us a certain measure makes

Of circumstantial suffering;

’Tis thus our outward man He breaks.

The outward man

the self

the soul

Must be consumed

must be decreased;

The inner man

our spirit

then

Shall with the Spirit be released.

Lord

grant Thy holy brokenness

Deliver me from being whole;

And make me willing to receive

The wounds that Thou wouldst give my soul.

Oh

cause me to appreciate

Thy breaking

never to complain;

And grant that I may value more

All kinds of loss instead of gain.