I'd Rather Have Jesus

My heart is full of praise and joy tonight. Every now and then in life, I have to stop to realize afresh just how my life is not my own and how good God is to me! Tonight, I plan to thank Him in prayer and sing Him this song. (After all, He is certainly alive to hear me sing. He certainly intervenes on my behalf on a regular basis, changing my heart in ways I could never change it on my own to make me better for His glory.) I can sing this by memory. You know, the longer I know Him--just like a sweet Friend--the more I love Him and the more I thank Him for saving me and living inside my heart to never, ever leave.

I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold
I'd rather be His than have riches untold
I'd rather have Jesus than houses or lands
I'd rather be led by His nail scarred hands

Than to be the queen of a vast domain
And be held in sin's dread sway
I'd rather have Jesus than anything
This old world affords today