Oh that I would be crucified, yes crucified with Christ,
And I’d be free from all that’s me and He would be my life.
Both time and earthly money I’ve spent upon the King,
Thanks and worship I do offer and His praises I do sing.
I open up His Holy book and share His precious Word,
To refresh the memory of those who know it and those who’ve never heard.
I always pray both night and day; my knees belong to Him,
I’ve left the path that leads to wrath, the way of willful sin.
I am but His servant and He’s the Master Divine,
And my hope in all of this is that He will truly shine.
But He’s revealed what I’ve concealed that I have not given Him all,
The large plank He sees in my eye I view as rather small.
My awful pride and dignity I’d nail to this old cross,
And I would gain a better faith from this rubbish that I’d lost.
All anger, fear and prejudice I’d crucify with me,
To destroy these things of Satan, God’s Love we’re sure to see.
All lust for fame and power and every bit of self,
I’d take them down and nail them up, not returning to my shelf.
All bitterness, resentment and unforgiving ego,
With evil contents of my heart I’d give a hearty heave-ho.
All harsh words and smooth flattery, sarcasm and white lies,
I’d like to see them all burn up with all my mouth denies.
Oh jealousy that wicked thing that caused my Savior’s death,
Until it is dead and gone my soul will never rest.
Discouragement a troubling mood caused by lack of faith,
I’d nail it with triumphant spirit by God’s victorious grace.
Apathy and selfishness these brothers I would kill,
And then the Holy Spirit would bless me and my soul would fill.
So giving unto Jesus is more than earthly things,
A carnal heart and mind is a sacrifice to bring.
Shine Your light upon my heart, reveal it’s dirty shame,
Remove all dross and impurity; bring glory to Your Name.
Crucify my natural man and hang me on a cross,
And all that’s gained from loving Christ outweighs whatever’s lost!
Tertius
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,
who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20
A note about “Crucify Me”: For the past four years I’ve shaved my head (and beard) to raise money to fight childhood cancer. For the past three I’ve had a dinner celebrating this event and also play music of original songs which God has given me. Not a natural born musician I need to invest a lot of time in practice to keep mistakes to a minimum. I was taken by surprise by several kids who were running wild nosily while I tried to keep it together. The worse they got, the madder I became. I was singing “Jesus, sweet Jesus, Sonshine of my soul,” while I had smoke rolling out of my ears. It was my desire to testify of God’s Love to my children who were there and all they saw was my lack of it. The problem wasn’t that I let my anger show, but that the ego that caused the anger was there to start with. It’s not enough to give God the external things (money, time, labor) we must give Him those internal things that crowd His Spirit out. We are a new creation; the old one has got to go.