All I Once Held Dear (Knowing You)

All I once held dear built my life upon

All this world reveres and wants to own

All I once sought gain I have counted loss

Spent and worthless now

Compared to this:

Knowing you Jesus

Knowing You

There is no greater thing

You're my all You're the best

You're my joy my righteousness

And I love You Lord

Now my heart's desire is to know You more

To be found in You and known as Yours

To possess by faith what I could not earn

All surpassing gift of righteousness

O to know the power of Your risen life

And to know You in Your suffering

To become like You in Your death my Lord

So with You to live and never die

(Graham Kendrick 1994 "Make Way Music")

I LOVE this song as it sings out my heart's desire. I also love that it's from the powerful verses from Philippians 3:10-11: "I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead."