Lord, reveal Thyself to me (Hymn 412)

Verse 1: Lord, reveal Thyself to me, That the flesh I'll fully know; May Thy grace so work in me, That in dust I'll lowly bow. How I long for victory, Yet, thru all my life, how weak! Evil things I cannot leave, Nor can do the good I seek. Verse 2: Inwardly I want the Lord, But my conduct hateful is; Though I would, I cannot change, O what real bondage ’tis! By God's law my sin's revealed, But the law of sin doth bind; Though I struggle to be free, No release my soul can find. Verse 3: Many times I fall and rise, Oft resolve, and often fail; Craving vict'ry, I retreat, And my sad defeat bewail. Truly I am sold to sin And completely powerless; There's no good within my flesh, All is dark and sinfulness. Verse 4: Now I know myself in part, And confess my helplessness; All my temperament is odd, All my life corrupted is. Subtle self I cannot trust, Nor to fleshly strength can cling; All my trust and all my hope Is in Jesus Christ my King. Verse 5: May the Cross put me to death That on Christ I may rely; May His Holy Spirit fill, That Himself I may apply. May His death so work in me Daily deeper than before, That my self may be destroyed And His life thru me may pour. Verse 6: O how bitter is my case! Who this wretched slave can free, Who deliver from this death, To a life of victory? Jesus shed His blood for me, Christ is now my holiness; I receive Him as my life And my portion measureless. Verse 7: Now I'm wholly sanctified, Selfless, I obey His word; Nevermore to feel ashamed When I come before the Lord. How transcendent is this life! Grace thru faith He gives to me! Praise the Lord, He heard my cry And has made me wholly free.