Have my Heart

“My son, give Me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe My ways” (Proverbs 23:26).  “The love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if One died for all, then were all dead:  and that He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them, and rose again” (2 Corinthians 5:14,15).

How wondrous is God’s invitation,

Who calls us now with love so tender,

To give, without a reservation,

Our hearts to Him with full surrender!

Now have we rightly understood

How kind this invitation is?

The Lord is infinitely good

To save our souls and call us His!

Our hearts are cold, our vision dim,

But God, who knows and loves us best,

Now bids us give our hearts to Him,

Observe His ways, and find His rest.

How great His love is that constrains:

He saved us from our self destruction!

And even now His love remains

Our faithful refuge from seduction.

O Lord, You’ve said, “Give Me thine heart.”

This is no safer thing to do!

Now reign, my King, in every part,

With less of me and more of You!