I'd Rather Have Jesus

This morning in the VOM chapel service for staff and volunteers, we sang a song that relflects so clearly the heart of our persecuted brothers and sisters that it is worth offering as today's blog post. Perhaps you know it and have sung it many times; perhaps you've never seen these words before. Either way, the song's lyrics invite us into reflection about where we place Jesus on our life's list of priorities and values:

• I’d rather have Jesus than silver or gold;
  I’d rather be His than have riches untold;
  I’d rather have Jesus than houses or lands;
  I’d rather be led by His nail-pierced hand
  • Refrain:
    Than to be the king of a vast domain
    And be held in sin’s dread sway;
    I’d rather have Jesus than anything
    This world affords today.

 

• I’d rather have Jesus than men’s applause;
  I’d rather be faithful to His dear cause;
  I’d rather have Jesus than worldwide fame;
  I’d rather be true to His holy name

 

• He’s fairer than lilies of rarest bloom;
  He’s sweeter than honey from out the comb;
  He’s all that my hungering spirit needs;
  I’d rather have Jesus and let Him lead

~Rhea F. Miller, 1922 (Public Domain)

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