# "Not I But Christ"
**Verse 1**
Not where we elect to go,
But where Jesus leads the way,
There the living waters flow,
There our darkness turns to day.
**Verse 2**
Not our self-appointed task
Will the Lord's approval win,
But the work we did not ask,
Finished humbly; just for Him.
**Verse 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.
**Verse 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."
**Verse 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.
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Meter: 7.7.7.7.
Tune:
Hymnals:
- *Songs and Hymns of Life*:
- *Hymns*: 907
- *Christ in Song*: 647
- *Hymns for the Little Flock*: