Jesus, Draw Me Always Near You

 

8.7.8.7. 8.7.8.7.

Tune: O du Liebe (LSB 423)

1 Jesus, draw me always near You,

Let my heart come near to You!

Move my spirit to revere You

With the will Your work to do,

Entering now the Holiest places,

With my conscience washed in blood

That all fear of sin erases,

And presents me clean to God.

 

2 Guard my soul, lest I be shrinking

From Your promises secure;

Drown in me Old Adam’s thinking,

That I may by faith endure;

When I fear, give me Your Spirit,

Freeing me from chains of doubt,

Pleading in my heart Your merit,

Drawing prayer and praises out. 

 

3 You the Head and we the members,

We the branches, You the vine;

Fan to flame in us faith’s embers,

You, the Fire of love divine!

For without You nothing pleases

God from whom all good must come;

Speak, and give us life, O Jesus,

On this narrow way toward home. 

 

4 So in faith and love still living,

Let us all in hope increase,

Trusting that You are forgiving

All our sins till sins will cease

When You raise our body lowly

To be like Your glorious one,

And we see Your radiance holy,

Shining brighter than the sun. 

            4/4/18