I’ll Leave My Own World Behind

1. Just like the young ruler, I thought I could place
    One hand on the world and one hand on God’s grace;
But Jesus commanded, “Sell all that you prize,
    And lay up your treasures beyond earthly skies!”

Refrain:
I’ll leave my own world behind,
    For self-center’d dreams make me run around blind;
God fill all my vision,
God rule all my mind!
    And leave my own world behind.

2. I thought of my off’rings, my good works, my prayers:
    I give God so much, can’t I take a few shares?
But one bit of leaven destroys the whole lump,
    And one selfish Achan infects the whole camp.
Refrain

3. I’m tired and weary, exhausted within,
    Of trying to cling to my world of sin;
So long I’ve been hiding this heart and home strife,
    With haste now I’ll leave it, and start a new life!
Refrain

Tags: Renunciation, Repentance