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|  | 1. | Not where we elect to go, | 
|  |  | But where Jesus leads the way, | 
|  |  | There the living waters flow, | 
|  |  | There our darkness turns to day. | 
|  | 2. | Not our self-appointed task | 
|  |  | Will the Lord's approval win, | 
|  |  | But the work we did not ask, | 
|  |  | Finished humbly, just for Him. | 
|  | 3. | Not the prayer we long to plead | 
|  |  | When we bend before the Throne, | 
|  |  | But the touching deeper need | 
|  |  | Of the Spirit's wordless groan. | 
|  | 4. | Not the gift we proudly lay | 
|  |  | On His altar will He heed, | 
|  |  | If our hearts have said Him, "Nay," | 
|  |  | When He whispered, "I have need." | 
|  | 5. | Thus we die, and dying live | 
|  |  | In the heavenlies with the Lord; | 
|  |  | Thus we serve, and pray, and give, | 
|  |  | Christ Himself our great Reward. |