Wow. Such strong words--Give me Jesus. This spiritual has been on my heart, and my voice for a while now. I am performing an arrangement of it for my upcoming senior recital so these words have a definite impact on me. The first verse states "In the morning when I rise, Give me Jesus." Wow. It says all I want, all day, every day, is Jesus. That's it! The second verse states "Dark midnight was my cry, Give me Jesus." When troubles are in your life, all you need to rely on is Jesus! Wow! The last verse "Oh, when I come to die, give me Jesus. You may have ALL of this world, just give me JESUS!" Such powerful words! Nothing else in this world matters...you can have it all because all I want is Jesus!
May you wake up in the morning only wanting Jesus to fill you heart and bless you!
In Christ and in Love,
Julie
Interesting grammatical thought: there is a certain amount of vagueness in the sole statement of "give me Jesus." If you play a little with deciding on which is the direct object, and which is the indirect, you could end up with "Give me to Jesus" instead of "Give Jesus to me."
ReplyDeleteI love and appreciate that Jesus has been given to the world from his Father; however, I also love the idea that I can be given to Jesus (or that I can give myself) "as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is [our] spiritual act of worship." (Rom 12.1, NRSV)
Great thoughts; keep 'em coming!