One Thing
by Charlie Hall
Single minded, whole hearted, one thing I ask
That I may gaze upon Your beauty, oh Lord
That I may seek Your Holy Face
That I may know You in an intimate way
And follow after You all of my days
All of life comes down to just one thing
And that’s to know You, oh Jesus,
And make You known
Last spring I was asked to speak at a christian organization on the campus of Texas A&M on the topic of missions. The worship leader told me that he was planning on singing songs that go along with the theme of missions. While I was praying and thinking in the back he began to play this song. As it was playing this idea flooded my head that there was a key part missing. We were saying that all of life came down to just one thing, to know Jesus and make Him known, but we were only singing about knowing Him ourselves. We never took the time to pray that THEY might gaze upon the beauty of Jesus and seek after Him all their days. So here is how I think that the song should go.
Single minded, whole hearted, one thing I ask
That I may gaze upon Your beauty, oh Lord
That I may seek Your Holy Face
That I may know You in an intimate way
And follow after You all of my days
All of life comes down to just one thing
And that’s to know You, oh Jesus,
And make You known
Single minded, whole hearted, one thing I ask
That they may gaze upon Your beauty, oh Lord
That they may seek Your Holy Face
That they may know You in an intimate way
And follow after You all of their days
All of life comes down to just one thing
And that’s to know You, oh Jesus,
And make You known
I began to sing the song that way and started crying. OH JESUS, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW YOU IN AN INTIMATE WAY! PLEASE LET THEM FOLLOW AFTER YOU ALL OF THEIR DAYS!!! I WANT THEM TO SEE YOUR BEAUTY.
To often we sing and think about only ourselves and our relationships with the Lord, and totally forget the masses that are dying around that Jesus wants to know just as much as He wants to know us.
