Complete in Thee by Aaron Wolfe and James Gray
Complete in Thee! no work of mine
May take, dear Lord, the place of Thine;
Thy blood hath pardon bought for me,
And I am now complete in Thee.
Complete in Thee—each want supplied,
And no good thing to me denied;
Since Thou my portion, Lord, wilt be,
I ask no more, complete in Thee.
Complete in Thee—no more shall sin,
Thy grace hath conquered, reign within;
Thy voice shall bid the tempter flee,
And I shall stand complete in Thee.
Dear Savior! when before Thy bar
All tribes and tongues assembled are,
Among Thy chosen will I be,
At Thy right hand—complete in Thee.
Yea, justified! O blessed thought!
And sanctified! Salvation wrought!
Thy blood hath pardon bought for me,
And glorified, I too, shall be!
This was one of the songs that we sang every week as a staff choir. I was very familiar with the song even before this summer, but this summer has brought new meaning to the song. It was a huge blessing to me during staff training week. When I arrived at camp I was very unsure of what I was doing there. I felt totally inadequate to live as a good testimony before my campers much less be able to impact them for eternity. I was out of my comfort zone of what I knew how to handle, and I was terrified. As we began singing Complete in Thee in choir practice the Lord use it to speak peace to my heart. I am complete in Him. It is He that justified, and He that is sanctified; it is no work of mine. If I can't boast in anything eternal and good that has been done in my life, I certainly can't boast in anything that is done in the lives of others. The song made me realize that it was not up to me to work in the lives of the campers; it was God's work, and He had it under control.
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