If I am to see open my eyes
If I am to hear let me have ears
If I am to sing give me the voice
If I am to choose give me Your choice
If to watch and not to say
If to win or lose today
If to run or to be still
Let it always be Your will
If it brings You glory. If it brings You glory.
If it brings You glory, that’s what I’d do.
Be it praise, private and true,
Just between me and You.
Or if the world be the stage
For the words on this page
If it brings You glory. If it brings You glory.
If it brings You glory, that’s what I’d do.
And if in life I have no rest
When this, Your soldier dies
May my life, my death, my best
Be that You were glorified.
If it brings You glory. If it brings You glory.
If it brings You glory, that’s what I’d do.
A gift that I use, a path that I can choose.
A faith that I can lose
A terrible freedom from on high
Let this mind be in me
Let this heart be in me
Let this soul tell the story
All that matters is Your glory
And if my deeds lead to shame
For Your Holy name
Let all who see proclaim
Great is God, his soul to claim.
Copyright 2010 David D. Vande Velde
