Give me Jesus.

 Give Me Jesus

Give me Jesus. 

You can have all this world—its glitter and its gold,

Its temporary pleasures, its stories never told.

You can have its praises, its platforms, and its fame,

Its restless, endless striving after a forgotten name.

But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. (Philippians 3:7-8)

Give me Jesus in the morning, when the day is fresh and new.

Give me Jesus in the evening, when the day has journeyed through.

In the quiet and the chaos, in the ordinary and the grand,

I need no other treasure—just the shelter of His hand.

You can offer me provision, and I'll receive it with a prayer,

But only if the Giver's heart is fully present there.

You can offer me healing for the body and the mind,

But only if the Healer is the One I truly find.

For in Him we live and move and have our being. (Acts 17:28)

Give me Jesus when I'm weeping, when the tears won't seem to cease.

Give me Jesus when I'm doubting, when I cannot find my peace.

When the world has done its worst and left me wounded and alone,

I need no explanation—just to know I am His own.

You can offer me tomorrow, with its promise and its plan,

But I'd rather have a mystery held in His wounded hand.

You can offer me success in every venture I pursue,

But I'd rather have the Savior who makes all things new.

I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6)

So take this world, but leave me Jesus. He is all I need.

He is the bread that truly feeds, the living water indeed.

In life, in death, in want, in wealth, in weakness or in strength,

Give me Jesus—and I have everything, at length.

For when my eyes finally close on this temporary shore,

And I step into eternity, I'll need nothing more.

Because the One who died to save me will be standing in the light,

And having Him forever will be my endless, pure delight.

Give me Jesus.

You can have all this world.

But give me Jesus.

Amen.