All I want is Jesus.

 All I Want Is Jesus

A Reflection on Philippians 3:8, Psalm 73:25, and John 14:6

All I want is Jesus—not the gifts He brings,

Not the healing, not the answers, not the sound of angel wings.

I want the Giver, not the giving; the Friend, not just the grace;

The sweet communion of His presence, the beholding of His face.

I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. (Philippians 3:8)

I have tasted lesser treasures—the fleeting, hollow thrill,

The gold that rusts, the praise that fades, the dreams that overfill.

But none can satisfy the deep, the craving of my heart.

Only Jesus, only He, will never, ever part.

All I want is Jesus in the valley and the peak,

In the silence and the suffering, in the victory and the weak.

When friends depart and doors are closed, when hope is nearly gone,

He is the stone the builders refused—my cornerstone, my song.

Whom have I in heaven but You? And earth has nothing I desire besides You. (Psalm 73:25)

So let the world keep chasing its shadows and its dust.

I have found the pearl of greatest price, the One in whom I trust.

All I want is Jesus—not a part, but all of Him.

My first, my last, my everything, my cup that will not dim.

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

Amen.