LORD, REVEAL THYSELF TO ME
1. 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.
2. Inwardly I want
the Lord,
But my conduct
hateful is;
Though I would, I
cannot change,
O what real bondage
it is!
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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
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