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Not where we elect to go,
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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. |