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.
D
My goal is
Bm
God Himself, not
Em7
joy, nor
A
peace,
D
Nor even
Bm
blessing, but Him
Em7
self, my
A
God;
D
’Tis His to
Bm
lead me there—not
Em7
mine, but
A
His—
D
At any
Bm
cost, dear Lord, by
Em7
any
A7-D
road.
2
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.
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.
D
So faith bounds
Bm
forward to its
Em7
goal in
A
God,
D
And love can
Bm
trust her Lord to
Em7
lead her
A
there;
D
Upheld by
Bm
Him, my soul is
Em7 A
following hard
D
Till God hath
Bm
full fulfilled my
Em7
deepest
A7-D
prayer.
3
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.
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.
D
No matter
Bm
if the way be
Em7 A
sometimes dark,
D
No matter
Bm
though the cost be
Em7
oft-times
A
great,
D
He knoweth
Bm
how I best shall
Em7
reach the
A
mark,
D
The way that
Bm
leads to Him must
Em7
needs be
A7-D
strait.
4
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.
Praise the Lord! He has the best plan for us. His intentions are always good. No matter what may come up in our daily living, if we simply continue to trust and lean on Him, depending on Him as our only One, He will lead us on. Oh, how we just love You, Lord Jesus!
Beloved, do not think that the fiery ordeal among you, coming to you for a trail, is strange, as if it were a strange thing happening to you; but inasmuch as you share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice! for the God of all grace, he who has called you into His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself perfect, establish, strengthen, and ground you!!
No matter at any cost, no matter at any price, we still pursue towards our goal, God. We are becoming this lovely one, and it is not by any of our trying, but it is through the Lord's boundless love. We exercise our will to choose Him, and He does the rest.
May we pursue God Himself in all situations in glory to glory.