奉献--与神同梦

1当我踏出安逸家园，走进旷野星夜枕石入梦；
孤单蒙昧疑虑在心，遥望旅程怎堪异地独行。
梦境深处天梯伫立，天地相系主来亲切引领。
神家的梦启示临及，我虽无心神却拣选预定。
神梦必须实现，我今为此奉献；
坛火不可熄灭，唯愿忠诚不减。
神家铭刻心上，建造时在眼前；
逐日恩中受成全，直至圣城撒冷显现。
2旅程漫长，忧惧来袭，试图摆脱，全凭己力巧计；
虽有应许主恩同在，无法信托，更无祷告凭倚。
夜无安息，与神角力，只求祝福，己意暴露无遗；
长夜终尽，旭日升起，我腿已瘸，此后借恩站立。
3全足的神守约不离，破碎、对付，促我回伯特利；
偶像丢弃，搀杂清理，筑坛奉献，为将神家建立。
立柱浇奠，神灵满溢，神家的神在此显为实际；
右手之子，取代珍爱，终识神心所定深刻美意。
4盼望显明，灵中欢喜，领略神旨，见证主恩丰足；
苦难试炼都是祝福，靠主得胜，迈向辉煌前途。
神家柱石，立地顶天—扩展新约职事，众人同赴；
神人合并，终极归宿—同担终极责任，作主新妇。

1Once bound by self I lived to me,
Peculiar and set, independently;
Unbuildable, no preciousness,
Just earthen and dross, heap of worthlessness.
Then light shined penetratingly
True condition exposed entirely.
Abhoring self, my desp'rate plea:
Strip me thoroughly, Lord; from self set free.
Lo, the God of glory
Has appeared and called me
To a glorious calling,
Though I was unworthy.
Lord, now for the building
Make me more than willing,
Open for Your mingling,
My all on the altar to bring.
2His sov'reign mercy made me see
The only way in God's economy—
The cross applied effectually;
What I am and can do must all desist.
My person of whate'er repute,
My devices, must not Christ substitute.
The center of my universe—
The all-op'rative cross; let Christ be first.
Lo, the God of glory
Has appeared and called me
To a glorious calling,
Though I was unworthy.
Lord, now for the building
Make me more than willing,
Open for Your mingling,
My all on the altar to bring.
3Now here we are, called on to build.
As members of Christ, we are richly filled.
As He increases, we decrease;
The one new man wondrously comes to be.
Our inward being we open wide,
Let the Spirit transform and occupy;
Soak, saturate, with Christ inwrought,
Till from glory to glory we are brought.
Lo, the God of glory
Has appeared and called us
To a glorious calling,
Though we were unworthy.
Lord, now for the building
Make us more than willing,
Open for Your mingling,
Our all on the altar to bring.
4Laid hold by vision of His house,
We build earnestly, from indiff'rence roused.
Although the world thinks us but fools,
To God, we're exceedingly precious jewels.
Our eyes behold eternity,
Glorious destiny seen transparently.
Arise! Make haste this age to turn
That the glory longed for may soon return!
Oh, what glorious vision!
God's will and intention—
The return of glory
To His house effulgently.
Let this vision seize us,
Measure, judge, possess us,
Till we're built up; come, dear Lord,
Fill Your house with glory once more!