I'd Rather Have Jesus

Would I really? Would I rather have Jesus than a bigger, nicer house? Or what about $500 more dollars in our bank account? A new belt? I'd like to have all those things. But I must want to have Jesus most of all. Father, by Your grace, please make this more true of my heart every day.

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-pierced hand

Than to be the king of a vast domain

And be held in sin's dread sway.

I'd rather have Jesus than anything

This world affords today.

I'd rather have Jesus than men's applause;

I'd rather be faithful to His dear cause;

I'd rather have Jesus than world-wide fame,

I'd rather be true to His holy name

Than to be the king of a vast domain

And be held in sin's dread sway.

I'd rather have Jesus than anything

This world affords today.

He's fairer than lilies of rarest bloom;

He's sweeter than honey from out of the comb;

He's all that my hungering spirit needs.

I'd rather have Jesus and let Him lead

Than to be the king of a vast domain

And be held in sin's dread sway.

I'd rather have Jesus than anything

This world affords today.

"I'd Rather Have Jesus"

Rhea Miller/George Beverly Shea