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NOTHING BUT JESUS
If you should offer me a stage,
a place for me to shine,
Where crowds applaud me loudly,
fame and fortune are both mine;
I'd have to tell you "No",
though I know you wouldn't see,
I'd smile and answer softly
"Nothing but Jesus now for me."
If you promised me great wealth,
a life of comfort, style and ease
Where nothing I'd desire
would be beyond my reach,
I'd smile again with patience
and thank you graciously
And then I'd tell you plainly
"There's only Jesus now for me."
If you then placed power before me,
might to rule the lives of men
Wide influence and honour,
authority and strength
Again I'd disappoint you,
but perhaps you might perceive
A deep resolve behind my smile:
"Only Jesus now for me."
I cannot make you understand,
or give you eyes to see
Why nothing else now moves me
like His matchless company
Jesus pure and simple,
that's my fervent expectation
Nothing else but Jesus,
my single destination
If He offers me a lonely cross,
or a prison dark and deep,
Still I have no other answer,
"Just Jesus now for me"
I cannot say, nor can I tell,
how I'd stand in such a place,
I only know my sorrow
cannot exceed His grace;
For I have tasted and I've seen
that nothing else comes close
He's ruined me for other things
I'd once have gladly owned
And there's a sacred stillness
where He and I've agreed,
"Just Jesus, only Jesus"
is my forever plea.
Please, nothing else but Jesus,
though the price is high
It's He who owns me now,
and He who guards my life;
My God is all consuming,
a Living Fire of grace,
He does not share His temple
or stand in second place,
So you will have to seek Him out
and you too must decide
If the world can offer anything
like this One that You will find,
As for me, my choice is made,
and I have no regrets ~
It's Jesus, only Jesus,
nothing more and nothing less.
Copyright Cheryl McGrath, Great South Land Ministries, 2003
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