Jesus! – Thou Art Everything To Me!

What to me are all the joys of earth?

What to me is every sight I see?

There is One I love above all else –

Jesus! – Thou art everything to me!

He has rescued me from darkness,

From my fear of death and the grave,

He has given me joy and freedom,

For my debt of sin, He’s surely paid.

With the Archangel, I’ll adore Him,

Rise to meet Him in the clouds,

Join the saints up there in Glory,

Where the hosts in heaven abound.

Creation will gasp at the coming Rapture.

As the graves will open to give up their dead,

God’s creatures will stare in awe and wonder,

As the Ransomed arise to greet their Head.

He’ll take us all away to “a place prepared,”

What He has arranged we cannot conceive,

Creation’s panorama cannot be compared

For what’s awaiting the Redeemed that believe!

We’ll sing a new song of worship to the Lamb,

Our past will be remembered no more,

 Our bodies will be “changed in the twinkling of an eye,”

And in this new body, all heaven we’ll explore!

We’ll know nothing of the Tribulation back on Earth,

We will be the Bride at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb,

And what a feast above all feasts that will surely be,

‘Twill be the very best our Saviour could plan!

And then we’ll return to Earth with our Saviour,

At His Second Coming on the Mount of Olives we shall be,

He’ll defeat all opposition, overcome His enemies,

As King of kings and Lord of lords, He will reign eternally!

He promised He will never leave us,

We’ll be with Him, as from shore to shore He’ll reign,

For a thousand years on Earth, there’ll be no sin,

Peace, perfect peace, only Jesus could maintain. 

Can you imagine the order Jesus will create?

“On Earth as in Heaven,” – the norm?

By the One who planned the orbits of sun and stars,

Land, sea and sky, He’ll completely transform.

He’ll rule the wind and the waves and the weather,

There will be no more earthquakes or storms,

No hurricanes, the climate ordered by our Creator,

And health and happiness to every mother and baby born!

No more illness or even sickness, can you imagine?

No cancer or disease? but healing for one and all,

Hospitals, surgeries and clinics will be redundant,

Specialists, doctors and nurses

Shall have new employment withal!

There will be no such thing as an “accident,” calamity, or tragedy,

Walking sticks, wheelchairs and crutches just will not be,

Prosthetic limbs, pacemakers and mental breakdown,

Drug addiction, drunkenness, deformity we’ll never see.

Blood transfusions, defibrillators, dialysis,

Medical devices we won’t need any more,

There’ll be no politics, arguments or rumours of war,

Jesus, King of kings, will be Lord over all!

Deception, lies and sin will not exist

In the light of truth, integrity, and trust,

The righteousness of Christ will flood the Earth,

And all the old Earth’s depravity will be left in dust.

Guns, bullets and bombs, explosions,

Disasters, death – a thing of the past,

Volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, floods, tornadoes,

Peace on earth, will be restored at last!

The Love of God will overflow the nations,

And God’s Glory will be revealed throughout the Earth,

All flesh shall see it together

The mouth of God has spoken! –

Thus, shall there be no more curse!

The best thing of all this is to be with our Saviour,

His majesty and authority surround His Throne above,

With holiness, purity, closeness, tenderness,

We’ll bask in His presence as we’re enveloped in His love!

So, what to me are all the joys of earth?

What to me is every sight I see?

There is One I love above all else –

Jesus! – Thou art everything to me!

Peter Burt