1181--Lord, to know Thee as our Person,

Lord, to know Thee as our Person,

1181

	1.	Lord, to know Thee as our Person,
		Earnestly we seek and pray;
		To experience Thy fulness
		In a constant inner way.
		Never longer only outward
		Or with soulish thoughts obsessed,
		But, O Lord, in realest contact
		We by Thee would be possessed.
		Lord, Thou art our Person,
		In our inmost being,
		May we constantly experience
		This reality.
	2.	All the world is under darkness,
		Driven by the fallen soul,
		And the enemy designing
		Does the soulish life control.
		Such we were till God, through mercy,
		Caused His Son to dwell in us;
		Now we fully come to know Him
		In His church so glorious.
	3.	Once we walked a soulish person,
		Wandering in the wilderness,
		Never knowing that our spirit
		Craved God's fullness to express;
		At the moment Jesus entered
		Instantly the whole was changed.
		Now we're people spirit-centered!
		Hallelujah! Rearranged!
	4.	Now our spirit is our person-
		What a glorious fact is this!
		Christ Himself in us expressing
		God's intent and holiness.
		Not the soul-life's vain delusion,
		But the spirit strengthened is;
		Christ Himself is now our Person-
		He is ours and we are His.