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This Hymn has been my prayer for years and, true to His word and in accordance with His hearts desire, the Lord has and is growing in me as I know He is in all of His seeking children.
This beautiful Swiss hymn was penned by the 12th child of a Zurich doctor. Johann possessed a gifted mind, and he eventually became a leading pastor in his native city. Unfortunately, Zurich became caught up in the trauma of the French Revolution, and in April , 1779, invading French troops deported some of the city's leading citizens. Johann protested this action from his pulpit, and as a result he, too, was seized and banished. He returned to Zurich on Aug 16, 1799, but 5 weeks later was shot by a drunken French officer. He never recovered from his wounds, dying nearly 2 years later, but he left behind a deeply meaningful body of hymnology (700 hymns), including this musical prayer for spiritual growth. - Near to the Heart of God: Meditations on 366 Best-Loved Hymns by Robert J. Morgan
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This hymn was translated by Elizabeth Lee Smith, née Allen, daughter of Dr. W. Allen, President of Dartmouth and later Bowdoin Universities, was born in 1817, and married in 1843 to Dr. H. B. Smith, who became Professor in Union Theological Seminary, New York, in 1850, and died in 1877. - Dictionary of Hymnology by Julian
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This hymn is usually sung to the tune of "According to Thy gracious word" #214 with the chorus as the 2nd stanza. It is harder to sing to tune 214, but it gives a different effect, letting the prayers of each stanza stick with you.
“The birth of Isaac was the coming of Jehovah, which was the coming of grace (cf. John 1:17). Isaac was born by the strength of God’s grace, not by the strength of man’s natural life. This took place after Abraham had been circumcised and he and his wife, Sarah, had become completely deadened (Gen. 18:11; Rom. 4:18-19), signifying that the time of life, the time when Christ will be life to us, will come after our natural strength has been terminated. (Gen. 18:14, footnote 1)”
Excerpt From: Lee, Witness. “The Holy Word for Morning Revival - Crystallization-Study of Genesis, Volume 4.” Living Stream Ministry.
This hymn expresses my desire to grow in The Lord Jesus and to enjoy Him regardless of my feelings and circumstances. Lord I pray that for the sake of Your testimony You will increase in me and I may decrease. Oh Lord Jesus grow in me.. I love You, Lord.
What a hope of glory that I as You might be Lord!
Lord Jesus I love You!
More of Thy glory let me see,
Thou Holy, Wise, and True;
I would Thy living image be,
In joy and sorrow too.
As I was sighing to the Lord asking Him to help me in my weakness, this song just came to me. Singing this song caused me to gain strength and go on with the Lord. ”Lord, thank You for Your all sufficient grace and for embracing my weaknesses. Be my life and aim. Lord, let me decrease and may You continually grow in me each day."
Every time I feel weak, I love to sing this song. It supplies me a lot. Just by singing this it seems that you are praying, "Oh Lord Jesus Christ grow in me. Fill me with gladness from above. I am nothing, You are my all. Be Thou my life and aim."
Whenever I listen and sing this song, I'm always refreshed. Oh thank You Lord. "Each day (Lord each day!) let Thy supporting might My weakness still embrace; My darkness vanish in Thy light, Thy life my death efface.
Our growing is for the unique purpose of God, that is, the building up of the Body of Christ through transformation (Eph. 4:12b; 1 Pet. 2:2, 5; 1 Cor. 3:12). The first stanza of hymn #395 (Hymns) begins, "O Jesus Christ, grow Thou in me." We all need to pray, "Lord, grow in me." Two additional hymns, #548 and #750, concern the matter of transformation. The young people need to spend their time on their education, and the working ones need to have a job in order to make a living, but the goal is not merely for us to have a proper daily living. The goal of our living is the building up of the Body of Christ. We need to be built up.
"That I am nothing, Thou art all" in stanza 2 of Hymns, #395 conveys the same meaning. Recently I read a biography of John Nelson Darby. On the first page he says, "O the joy of having nothing and being nothing, seeing nothing but a living Christ in glory, and being careful for nothing but His interests down here." This was a word spoken in his old age, in which he longed to be nothing, to have nothing, and to care for nothing but to have only Christ and care only for His interests on earth. What a joy this is! Hence, "Be not and He will be; / Wait and He'll all things give." Through the generations there were saints who experienced this. Today we should have this experience even more.
Now let us consider the hymns for the fellowship meeting. Suppose the saints are like plain water that is neither sweet nor sour nor spicy and thus are indifferent toward the Lord when they come together for the fellowship meeting. Which hymn should we select for opening the meeting? Someone may suggest Hymns, #395, "O Jesus Christ, grow Thou in me, / And all thing else recede." This hymn is not appropriate. It is not a general hymn but rather has a specific purpose; such a hymn can be used in leading to a particular subject. Another person may suggest Hymns, #960, "My King will soon come back again." This hymn is acceptable but still not adequate. Because it is a longer hymn, it is suitable as an opening hymn, to give the saints time for their hearts to be settled and for their spirits to be uplifted. This hymn is a better choice than Hymns, #395 because it reminds us of the condition at the Lord's coming back.
c. Giving the Lord the full way to grow in our heart will make our heart the duplicate of God's heart, and we will live a life fully according to and for God's New Testament economy to carry out His heart's desire—Hymns, #395, #1132.