Hymn

I listen to this song quite often but one day the words gripped my heart and caused tears to burst forth from my eyes as if it was the first time I had ever discovered that God loves me. When she sings

"Would you leave to look for me? Forfeit glory to come after 'til I only dwell in Thee?"

A wave of truth came rushing over me because He did just that! He left perfect peace, perfect harmony and fellowship with God Almighty for…us? Yes! He forfeited glory and bore the pain and paid the price of my sin that day on the cross. Jesus paid it all for the whole world for all time…and then conquered death rising again so that we could dwell IN Christ… living a life full of joy – in the presence, in the protection, and in the salvation of God Himself. How can you NOT be moved by that truth?

If to distant lands I scatter
If I sail to farthest seas
Would you find and firm and gather 'til I only dwell in Thee?
If I flee from greenest pastures
Would you leave to look for me?
Forfeit glory to come after
'Til I only dwell in Thee

If my heart has one ambition
If my soul one goal to seek
This my solitary vision 'til I only dwell in Thee
That I only dwell in Thee
'Til I only dwell in Thee

-by Brooke Fraser