I Want to Live for Christ

With every moment of my time
And every ounce of strength
I want to live for Christ alone
And search love’s breadth and length

I want to know Him more and more
And show my grateful love
I want to lay my treasures up
In heaven’s bank above

I want to do my Father’s will
And all that He has planned
I want to find His perfect grace
And learn to trust His hand

I want to prove His holy Word
And show each promise true
I want to feel His loving care
And watch Him bring me through

I want to see Him make me strong
Where on my own I’m weak
I want to find His secret place
To ask, and knock, and seek

I want to walk with Him until
I wake on heaven’s shore
And then I want to live with Him
My Savior evermore

So I’ve no time to waste on sin
And useless things that call
For all my life is for the Lord –
I’ve given Him my all

Christina Joy Hommes