Is it all about Jesus or all about you?
Is Jesus enough for you? Although we often sing this chorus
“It’s all about You, Jesus
And all this is for You
For Your glory and Your fame
It’s not about me
As if You should do things my way
You alone are God and I surrender
to Your ways”
Yet if modern preaching is to be a gaige for understanding our relationship with God, we might as well be singing
“Its all about ME, Jesus
And all this is for ME
Its about MY glory and MY fame
Its not about YOU, I assume you do things my way.
Although you alone are God, I’ll continue, in MY ways”
This old Hymn challenged me
If I Gained the World but Lost the Savior
If I gained the world, but lost the Savior,
Were my life worth living for a day?
Could my yearning heart find rest and comfort
In the things that soon must pass away?
If I gained the world, but lost the Savior,
Would my gain be worth the lifelong strife?
Are all earthly pleasures worth comparing
For a moment with a Christ-filled life?
2. Had I wealth and love in fullest measure,
And a name revered both far and near,
Yet no hope beyond, no harbor waiting,
Where my storm-tossed vessel I could steer;
If I gained the world, but lost the Savior,
Who endured the cross and died for me,
Could then all the world afford a refuge,
Whither, in my anguish, I might flee?
3. O what emptiness!–without the Savior
’Mid the sins and sorrows here below!
And eternity, how dark without Him!
Only night and tears and endless woe!
What, though I might live without the Savior,
When I come to die, how would it be?
O to face the valley’s gloom without Him!
And without Him all eternity!
4. O the joy of having all in Jesus!
What a balm the broken heart to heal!
Ne’er a sin so great, but He’ll forgive it,
Nor a sorrow that He does not feel!
If I have but Jesus, only Jesus,
Nothing else in all the world beside–
O then everything is mine in Jesus;
For my needs and more He will provide.
Is God enough for us?
August 6th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Hey, that is a good hymn. I actually have a discarded older hymnal that I sing out of sometimes. I wanted to respond to your comment to Jose’ on our blog. I haven’t researched historically Frank Viola’s book. But I was enthusiastic about it because it confirmed some things I had long held in my heart. The major things for me were the formality and format of the churches I’ve attended and tithing. I think it would be wonderfully refreshing to gather together with other believers and share scripture, hymns, songs, etc., as the Holy Spirit prompted. I have thought since I was a teen that the wise admonitions to gather did not necessarily mean every Sunday in a certain church building. Family members, former pastors, and others try to convince me and at times, pressure me to just pick a church and go, they don’t understand the high levels of frustration I have to battle against when I take their advice. Because most people don’t understand, it was a relief to just know, via the book, that there are people out there who do.
I am not against going to church. I went to a Vineyard church for many years. I am a very expessive person and so I am very expressive in worship. I am so thankful that the pastor and church founders encouraged me instead of suppressing me in this. Also, this church wasn’t perfect, but I knew what my part in the body was and that I was called to be there. I had the grace of God to be there, so I didn’t have the frustration. I left there because God had set me free from a spiritual authority in my personal life, that was also a spiritual authority in my church. I do seek God daily for direction in my life and am willing to do whatever he says; whether a traditional church, housegroup or both. But I cannot go to a traditional church without God’s grace to do it. I hope this makes sense. Thanks for sharing the hymn. Karen Denise