Show Us Christ!

Show us Christ, O God! 

Verse 1 

Prepare our hearts, O God 

Help us to receive 

Break the hard and stony ground 

Help our unbelief 

Plant Your Word down deep in us 

Cause it to bear fruit 

Open up our ears to hear 

Lead us in Your truth 

Chorus 

Show us Christ, show us Christ 

O God, reveal Your glory 

Through the preaching of Your Word 

Until every heart confesses Christ is Lord 

Verse 2 

Your Word is living light 

Upon our darkened eyes 

Guards us through temptations 

Makes the simple wise 

Your Word is food for famished ones 

Freedom for the slave 

Riches for the needy soul 

Come speak to us today 

Bridge 

Where else can we go, Lord 

Where else can we go 

You have the words of eternal life 

I must confess that God generally deals very contrary to my expectations. Yet "He does all things well." It is "Sweet to lie passive in His hands, and know no will but His."

 

I have proved my own strength to be complete weakness, my own wisdom consummate folly, and my own righteousness filthy rags. What a mercy, then, to be stripped of all, and have Christ for wisdom, Christ for righteousness, Christ for strength, Christ for purity, Christ for power, Christ for beauty, Christ for holiness, Christ for acceptance above, Christ for our daily walk, Christ for our daily work, Christ for rest, Christ for food, Christ for medicine; yes, to know nothing among men or before God--but Jesus crucified and glorified! 

~Ruth Bryan ("The Marvelous Riches of Savoring Christ, The Letters of Ruth Bryan")