THOU HAST SAID THOU ART THE VINE
1. Thou hast said
Thou art the Vine, Lord,
And that I'm a
branch in Thee,
But I do not know
the reason
Why I should so
barren be.
2. Bearing fruit is
my deep longing,
More Thy life to
manifest,
To Thy throne to
bring more glory,
That Thy will may
be expressed.
3. But I fail to
understand, Lord,
What it
means-"abide in Me."
For the more I seek
"abiding,"
Morel feel I'm not
in Thee.
4. How I feel I'm
not abiding;
Though I pray and
strongly will,
Yet from me Thou
seemest distant,
And my life is
barren still.
5. Yet Thou art the
Wine, Thou saidst it,
And I am a branch
in Thee;
When I take Thee as
my Savior,
Then this fact is
wrought in me.
6. Now I'm in Thee
and I need not
Seek into Thyself
to come,
For I'm joined to
Thee already,
With Thy flesh and
bones I'm one.
7. Not to "go
in" is the secret,
But that I'm
"already in!"
That I ne'er may
leave I'd ask Thee,
Not how I may get
within.
8. I am in, already
in Thee!
What a place to
which I'm brought!
There's no need for
prayer or struggling,
God Himself the
work has wrought.
9. Since I'm in,
why ask to enter?
O how ignorant I've
been!
Now with praise and
much rejoicing
For Thy Word, I
dwell therein.
10. Now in Thee I
rest completely,
With myself I
gladly part;
Thou art life and
Thou art power,
All in all to me
Thou art.
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