My goal is God Himself

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My goal is God Himself, not joy, nor peace,
Nor even blessing, but Himself, my God;
’Tis His to lead me there—not mine, but His—
At any cost, dear Lord, by any road.
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So faith bounds forward to its goal in God,
And love can trust her Lord to lead her there;
Upheld by Him, my soul is following hard
Till God hath full fulfilled my deepest prayer.
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No matter if the way be sometimes dark,
No matter though the cost be oft-times great,
He knoweth how I best shall reach the mark,
The way that leads to Him must needs be strait.
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One thing I know, I cannot say Him nay;
One thing I do, I press towards my Lord;
My God my glory here, from day to day,
And in the glory there my great Reward.
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déc. 8 2018
Nelson Liu

Boston, MA, United States

My goal is God Himself!

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sept. 1 2018
Rebecca

Salem, OR, United States

Peter, I haven't sung this song in quite awhile and since it was coming up in my being I thought I had better get the words. I think I came to hymnal.net not only to find the words but your post as well. You write the words that reflect so many of our experiences. Thank you for the ultimate encouragement found in Christ alone.

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juill. 23 2018
Gaby

Texas, United States

The Lord Jesus is the reality of all the positive things, without the reality of these things they are just “good feelings” but they fall short of the person. Lord may we not miss Your person, You are the very God. Lord, You are the highest goal!

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juill. 19 2018
Peter

United States

As a young believer the song's sentiment encouraged me, much along the rash zeal of "Lord, I will lay down my life for You! Even if I must die with You, I will by no means deny You!"

Not too shortly the rooster crows and time and again, experience exposes that often i'd rather MUCH prefer something else.

"Will you lay down your life for Me?" No Lord, I do not want to stay here in traffic with You, I prefer peace! No, I do not like this valley Lord, I want joy! There was a point I thought I should stop singing this because of my shortcomings in even the slightest discomfort.

But this is definitely a song sung in faith, faith in His promise towards us, bound by His own word!

We may be faithless, but God remains faithful. Faithful is our God who calls and also will do it. We could never! At our best we'd boast as if we can do it, and at our worst, we'd shrink back and deny Him... three times. But God could never deny Himself!

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juill. 18 2018
Medea

Tbilisi, Georgia

It just reminds me of a brother's prayer: Lord we love not because of what You give or do, because You Are. Dearest Lord grant us to know You as the GREAT I AM, be everything to us, be subjective and real to us, give us deeper and inward knowledge of You, we love You because of what YOU ARE.

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avr. 4 2018
Tim Ou

Austin, Texas, United States

And in the glory there my great reward.

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nov. 7 2017
Akinlolu Makinwa

Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

Thank God! Brethren, I am so glad to find this hymn here today after searching for the first line for over two months. Indeed my goal is God Himself. To God be the Glory! Thank you to operators of hymnal.net. You have made my day. God bless you all.

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févr. 12 2017
Adrian P.

Nalgas

I love this song!!!!!!!

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déc. 24 2016
Matthew and Jonathan

Irvine, CA, United States

Our goal is God Himself! Not joy nor peace!

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avr. 23 2016
William Jeng

Irvine, CA, United States

My goal is God Himself, not joy nor peace. I really enjoyed that God can be joy and peace, God can be blessing, God can be all these things. BUT - without Christ as the center of all these items, they are just mere things. Praise the Lord that in the church life we are not following something or someone, we are simply following Christ!!!

So to see this vision is to see our Lord as the CENTER and REALITY of everything we enjoyed. We can see justification in Romans, by do we see that God IS justification? That God IS joy? We really need to see Christ as the reality of everything. The Bible is just Christ Himself! And as witnesses of this vision, we must speak forth what we have seen! The vision demands a response!

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Longings
For God
Frances Brook
Adapté de John D. Loudermilk
F Majeur
6/8
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My goal is God Himself, not joy, nor peace My goal is God Himself (Alternate) My goal is God Himself, not joy, nor peace (revised) On toward the goal! Press on On toward the goal! Press on (Alternate Tune)

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