We Have Not Known Thee

By Team Strike Force of the Mars Hill Church. What kind of a church talks about holy fear and God's awful eye these days? Where can I sign up.

Audio available here.

Lyrics taken from "Check List for a Jesus Christ Disciple in Brazil" with some modifications due to the song's modern arrangement.

We have not known thee as we ought,

nor learned thy wisdom, grace and power;

things of earth have filled our thought,

trifles of the passing hour.

We have not feared thee as we ought,

nor bowed beneath thine awful eye,

nor guarded deed and word and thought,

remembering that God was nigh.

Lord, give us light thy truth to see, thy truth to see

and make us wise in knowing thee.

Lord, give us faith to know thee near, to know thee near

and grant the grace of holy fear.

We have not loved thee as we ought,

nor cared that we are loved by thee;

thy presence we have coldly sought,

and feebly longed thy face to see.

We have not served thee as we ought,

oh, the duties left undone,

the work with little fervor wrought,

the battles lost or scarcely won!

Lord, give a pure and loving heart, and loving heart

to feel and know the love thou art.

Lord, give the zeal, and give the might, and give the might

for thee to toil, for thee to fight.

Lord, give us light thy truth to see, thy truth to see

and make us wise in knowing thee.

Lord, give us faith to know thee near, to know thee near

and grant the grace of holy fear.

When shall we know thee as we ought,

and fear and serve aright?

and shall we, out of trial brought,

be perfect in the land of light?

Lord, may we day by day prepare, by day prepare

to see thy face and serve thee there. X4