I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast shown, And I begin to see, What Thou canst be to all Thine own, What they may be to Thee; If only they will yield Thee all, And trustingly obey Thy call.
D
I thank Thee, Lord,
G
that
A
Thou hast
D
shown,
And
G
I be
Em
gin to
A
see,
G
What
D
Thou canst be to
F♯
all Thine
Bm
own,
What
Em
they may be to
F♯
Thee;
If
D
only they will
A
yield
A7
Thee
D
all,
A
And
D
trustingly o
G
bey Thy
D
call.
2
How wonderful! I never knew That I might trust Thee so; That Thou wouldst be so much to me. In all the way I go, That every need Thou wouldst supply. And all my longings satisfy.
How wonderful! I never knew
That I might trust Thee so;
That Thou wouldst be so much to me.
In all the way I go,
That every need Thou wouldst supply.
And all my longings satisfy.
D
How wonderful!
G
I
A
never
D
knew
That
G
I might
Em
trust Thee
A
so;
G
That
D
Thou wouldst be so
F♯
much to
Bm
me.
In
Em
all the way I
F♯
go,
That
D
every need
A
Thou
A7
wouldst
D
supply.
A
And
D
all my longings
G D
satisfy.
3
I take Thee as my keeper now And I commit to Thee My soul, my way, my works, my cause. In Thy sole charge to be; And my deposit, Thou, I know Wilt guard secure from every foe.
I take Thee as my keeper now
And I commit to Thee
My soul, my way, my works, my cause.
In Thy sole charge to be;
And my deposit, Thou, I know
Wilt guard secure from every foe.
D
I take Thee as
G
my
A
keeper
D
now
And
G
I
Em
commit to
A
Thee
G
My
D
soul, my way, my
F♯
works, my
Bm
cause.
In
Em
Thy sole charge to
F♯
be;
And
D
my deposit,
A
Thou,
A7
I
D
know
A
Wilt
D
guard secure from
G D
every foe.
4
I take Thee for my peace, O Lord. My heart to keep and fill Thine own great calm, amid earth’s storms Shall keep me always still; And as Thy kingdom doth increase, So shall Thine ever-deep’ning peace.
I take Thee for my peace, O Lord.
My heart to keep and fill
Thine own great calm, amid earth's storms
Shall keep me always still;
And as Thy kingdom doth increase,
So shall Thine ever-deep'ning peace.
D
I take Thee for
G
my
A
peace, O
D
Lord.
My
G
heart to
Em
keep and
A
fill
G
Thine
D
own great calm,
F♯
amid earth's
Bm
storms
Shall
Em
keep me always
F♯
still;
And
D
as Thy kingdom
A
doth
A7 D
increase,
A
So
D
shall Thine
G
ever-deep'ning
D
peace.
5
I take Thee as my wisdom too For wisdom’s sum Thou art; Thou, who dost choose the foolish things. Set me henceforth apart, That I may speak and work for Thee As Thou shalt work and speak in me.
I take Thee as my wisdom too
For wisdom's sum Thou art;
Thou, who dost choose the foolish things.
Set me henceforth apart,
That I may speak and work for Thee
As Thou shalt work and speak in me.
D
I take Thee as
G
my
A
wisdom
D
too
For
G
wisdom's
Em
sum Thou
A
art;
G
Thou,
D
who dost choose the
F♯
foolish
Bm
things.
Set
Em
me henceforth
F♯
apart,
That
D
I may speak and
A
work
A7
for
D
Thee
A
As
D
Thou shalt work and
G
speak in
D
me.
6
I take Thee, Lord, to be my all. Since all Thou art is mine; I nothing have, and nothing am; That nothing, Lord, is Thine. Thou shalt be everything to me In all things my sufficiency.
I've always been so struck by "what they may be to Thee." On the one hand we're nothing, have nothing, and can do nothing. On the other hand, we're an earthen vessel with a priceless Treasure within! We can be something to Him in and through the precious, treasurable One! Hallelujah!
I was looking for a praising song to sing I don't know how I found this but it says everything I could ever want to say to the Lord, I read this as bu baptism song, Jesus is all I am nothing without the Lord, he is wonderful and I thank God he sent him for our salvation I take him for my all, he is enough for me.
This songwriter grasped the reality of being alive to God in Christ Jesus. She had the spiritual intelligence to put off the old self and put on Christ. It wasn't just a doctrinal matter, but a practice of actually knowing His life in her and allowing that life to sprout into fullness.