Heart & Vow

O God, please take my heart from me! I have tried to lift it up and let it go, but I am too weak and I'm clinging too tightly. God, You know my desires and how I want them to be from pure motives -- Your glory. And I'm crying to You, great Refiner, Knower of every heart, Transformer of my life: take ALL that I am and use me, spend me wholly for You! I can't be who I've been and I don't want to become comfortable again in the life I had. Though the conflict rends me, I want it to last until You change me and give me a purpose worth more than dying for -- worth living and breathing for! Lord, take me to far away place, strip me of all the material that surrounds me, and make me completely dependent on You! My God, please take this vow and never release me from it...

I could make a promise to You,

But that would be too easy to do.

You see I've made them before,

And broken them and they're no good anymore.

So I'll dig a little bit deeper,

Give You something You can keep

I will make a vow to You,

And it will never change no matter what I do.

Right here, right now,

In the midst of the crowd,

I stand alone and make my vow.

Whatever it takes I will be faithful

This is my vow.

As the words fall from my lips,

We both know the life I live,

How I stumble and fall,

How many times I land short of the call.

I will confess my inadequacy,

Throw myself into the mystery.

That somehow in the depth of Your love,

You will help me do what I'm not capable of.

Right here, right now,

In the midst of the crowd,

I stand alone and make my vow.

Whatever it takes I will be faithful.

Right here, right now,

Let there be no doubt.

Let every whisper, with every shout,

Let the whole world know I will be faithful,

This is my vow.

"The Vow", by Geoff Moore