Hymns, #561

Experience of Christ - Abiding in Him

Eng/Kor:561  Chin:419  Span:262  Rus:461  Tag:561  Fra:561  Por:286

Lyrics:Watchman Nee
Music:Unknown
Meter:8.7.8.7.

This hymn has a unique tune.

 
 1 

Thou hast said Thou art the Vine, Lord,

And that I'm a branch in Thee,

But I do not know the reason

Why I should so barren be.

 
 2 

Bearing fruit is my deep longing,

More Thy life to manifest,

To Thy throne to bring more glory,

That Thy will may be expressed.

 
 3 

But I fail to understand, Lord,

What it means — "abide in me"

For the more I seek "abiding,"

More I feel I'm not in Thee.

 
 4 

How I feel I'm not abiding;

Though I pray and strongly will,

Yet from me Thou seemest distant

And my life is barren still.

 
 5 

Yet Thou art the Vine, Thou saidst it,

And I am a branch in Thee;

When I take Thee as my Savior,

Then this fact is wrought in me.

 
 6 

Now I'm in Thee and I need not

Seek into Thyself to come,

For I'm joined to Thee already,

With Thy flesh and bones I'm one.

 
 7 

Not to "go in" is the secret,

But that I'm "already in"!

That I ne'er may leave I'd ask Thee,

Not how I may get within.

 
 8 

I am in, already in Thee!

What a place to which I'm brought!

There's no need for prayer or struggling,

God Himself the work has wrought.

 
 9 

Since I'm in, why ask to enter;

O how ignorant I've been!

Now with praise and much rejoicing

For Thy Word, I dwell therein.

 
 10 

Now in Thee I rest completely,

With myself I gladly part;

Thou art life and Thou art power,

All in all to me Thou art.

 
Hymn #561