All alone I found myself standing
In my hand was a bag filled with my treasures.
All alone I stood and then someone called
I look up and saw Jesus
He was standing on the topmost of a long plight of stairs
Yet I was there at the bottom.
He called out to me again
He told me to come up to Him.
To come as I am.
So I started the climb
With my bag filled with treasure,
Still I tightly held, afraid I might lose some.
But as I got higher
The stairs got steeper
And I found myself unable to move any farther.
Hindered by the weight of my treasures.
I look at to Jesus and cried out to Him,
“I can’t go on any farther LORD,
Tell me what I must do?”
He looked at me
His eyes filled with love and He said,
“Let go”
I look at my treasures
I couldn’t let go,
Not all of it.
So I took a handful
And reluctantly let go.
Now the weight I could manage,
And I continued my climb.
But still as I got higher
The same think happened.
“Let go”, my LORD would say
But still I only let go of a portion.
Over and over again
And it hurt me to let go of bits of my treasure.
I was standing in front of Jesus.
In my hand was my last treasure.
A gem so dear and precious to me.
I see Jesus, my Lover and King.
Finally I could be with my Prince
Only a step more to go.
So made my last step
But I found myself still standing,
Unable to move
Not even an inch farther.
I looked at Jesus with worry and confusion
“LORD, why can’t I reach you? Tell me why?”
He looked at me with compassion
And said again,” Let go.”
So I looked at Him,
With a heart filled with distress,
As I looked at the bright, shiny gem
In my hands I carefully held.
My heart was ready to break.
I cried once more,
“But LORD if I let go, I will be empty.
LORD, all my silver and gold are gone,
Please don’t take away my last treasure.”
I see the eyes of LORD still filled with love,
Though my heart was filled with me
Though I disobeyed Him and compromise
My LORD was still there
He just waited patiently for me.
“Let go”, He said.
“Let go, that you will be completely empty.
I want you to be empty,
So that I could fill you with ME.
Let go of your false treasure,
Temporary and unfulfilling.
Let go of it all,
For I am your real treasure.”
Jonah 2:8-9
Those who cling on to worthless idols
Forfeit the grace that could be theirs.
But I, with thanksgiving
Will sacrifice to you.
What I have vowed I will make good.
Salvation comes from the LORD.
In my hand was a bag filled with my treasures.
All alone I stood and then someone called
I look up and saw Jesus
He was standing on the topmost of a long plight of stairs
Yet I was there at the bottom.
He called out to me again
He told me to come up to Him.
To come as I am.
So I started the climb
With my bag filled with treasure,
Still I tightly held, afraid I might lose some.
But as I got higher
The stairs got steeper
And I found myself unable to move any farther.
Hindered by the weight of my treasures.
I look at to Jesus and cried out to Him,
“I can’t go on any farther LORD,
Tell me what I must do?”
He looked at me
His eyes filled with love and He said,
“Let go”
I look at my treasures
I couldn’t let go,
Not all of it.
So I took a handful
And reluctantly let go.
Now the weight I could manage,
And I continued my climb.
But still as I got higher
The same think happened.
“Let go”, my LORD would say
But still I only let go of a portion.
Over and over again
And it hurt me to let go of bits of my treasure.
I was standing in front of Jesus.
In my hand was my last treasure.
A gem so dear and precious to me.
I see Jesus, my Lover and King.
Finally I could be with my Prince
Only a step more to go.
So made my last step
But I found myself still standing,
Unable to move
Not even an inch farther.
I looked at Jesus with worry and confusion
“LORD, why can’t I reach you? Tell me why?”
He looked at me with compassion
And said again,” Let go.”
So I looked at Him,
With a heart filled with distress,
As I looked at the bright, shiny gem
In my hands I carefully held.
My heart was ready to break.
I cried once more,
“But LORD if I let go, I will be empty.
LORD, all my silver and gold are gone,
Please don’t take away my last treasure.”
I see the eyes of LORD still filled with love,
Though my heart was filled with me
Though I disobeyed Him and compromise
My LORD was still there
He just waited patiently for me.
“Let go”, He said.
“Let go, that you will be completely empty.
I want you to be empty,
So that I could fill you with ME.
Let go of your false treasure,
Temporary and unfulfilling.
Let go of it all,
For I am your real treasure.”
Jonah 2:8-9
Those who cling on to worthless idols
Forfeit the grace that could be theirs.
But I, with thanksgiving
Will sacrifice to you.
What I have vowed I will make good.
Salvation comes from the LORD.
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