1  Not where we elect to go,

    But where Jesus leads the way,

    There the living waters flow,

    There our darkness turns to day.

 2  Not our self-appointed task

    Will the Lord's approval win,

    But the work we did not ask,

    Finished humbly, just for Him.

 3  Not the prayer we long to plead

    When we bend before the Throne,

    But the touching deeper need

    Of the Spirit's wordless groan.

 4  Not the gift we proudly lay

    On His altar will He heed,

    If our hearts have said Him, "Nay,"

    When He whispered, "I have need."

 5  Thus we die, and dying live

    In the heavenlies with the Lord;

    Thus we serve, and pray, and give,

    Christ Himself our great Reward.