W. Nee
THOU hast said Thou art the Vine, Lord,
And that I’m a branch in Thee,
But I do not know the reason
Why I should so barren be.
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Bearing fruit is my deep longing,
More Thy life to manifest,
To Thy throne to bring more glory,
That Thy will may be expressed.
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But I fail to understand, Lord,
What it means – “abide in Me,”
For the more I seek “abiding,”
More I feel I’m not in Thee.
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How I feel I’m not abiding;
Though I pray and strongly will,
Yet from me Thou seemest distant,
And my life is barren still.
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Yet Thou art the Vine, Thou saidst it,
And I am a branch in Thee;
When I take Thee as my Savior,
Then this fact is wrought in me.
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Now I’m in Thee and I need not
Seek into Thyself to come,
For I’m joined to Thee already,
With Thy flesh and bones I’m one.
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Not to “go in” is the secret,
But that I’m “already in!”
That I ne’er may leave I’d ask Thee,
Not how I may get within.
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I am in, already in Thee!
What a place to which I’m brought!
There’s no need for prayer or struggling,
God Himself the work has wrought.
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Since I’m in, why ask to enter?
O how ignorant I’ve been!
Now with praise and much rejoicing
For Thy Word, I dwell therein.
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Now in Thee I rest completely,
With myself I gladly part;
Thou art life and Thou art power,
All in all to me Thou art.