Celebrating the Excellencies of His Name -The Gift of Gifts, a Prayer from the Valley of Vision-
24.12.11
O SOURCE OF ALL GOOD,
What shall I render to thee for he gifts of gifts,
thine own dear Son, begotten, not created,
my Redeemer, proxy, surety, substitute,
his self-emptying incomprehensible,
his infinite of love beyond the heart's grasp.
Herein is wonder of wonders:
He came below to raise me above,
was born like me that I might become like Him.
Herein is love;
when I cannot rise to Him he draws near on wings of grace,
to raise me to himself.
Herein is power;
When Deity and humanity were infinitely apart
he united them in indissoluble unity, the uncreated and the created.
Herein is wisdom;
when I was undone, with no will to return to him,
and no intellect to devise recovery,
he came, God-incarnate, to save me to the uttermost
as man to die my death,
to shed satisfying blood on my behalf,
to work out a perfect righteousness for me.
O GOD, take me in spirit to the watchful shepherds, and
enlarge my mind;
let me hear good tiding of great joy,
and hearing, believe, rejoice, praise, ador,
my conscience bathed in an ocean of repose,
my eyes uplifted to a reconciled Father;
place me with the ox, ass, camel, goat,
to look with them upon my Redeemer's face,
and in him account myself delivered from sin;
let me with Simeon clasp the new-born child to my heart.
embrace him with undying faith,
exulting that he is mine and I am His.
In Him thou hast given me so much that Heaven can give me no more.
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They that know thy name will put their trust in thee.
Psalm 9: 10
The name of the LORD is a strong tower;
the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
Proverbs 18: 10
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Browse through the series here. You are most welcome to read a complementary series on The Names of God. Part one, The Name of God is found here; Part 2, Taking Refuge in the Name of the Lord, here. And part three, The Fullness of the Name of Jesus Christ is here. |
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