All I want 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 gives,

Not the blessings that adorn the life that simply lives,

Not the answers to my questions, not the healing of my pain,

But the Giver, not the giving; the Sun, not just the rain.

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

All I want is Jesus—when the morning wakes the sky,

When the world calls out for attention, when the hours hurry by.

I want His presence more than fame, His whisper more than noise,

His peace that settles in the soul, His everlasting joys.

I have tasted lesser loves—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.

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

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.

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.