Glory to God ‎#741

741. Guide My Feet

1 Guide my feet while I run this race;
guide my feet while I run this race;
guide my feet while I run this race,
for I don't want to run this race in vain!

2 Hold my hand while I run this race;
hold my hand while I run this race;
hold my hand while I run this race,
for I don't want to run this race in vain!

3 Stand by me while I run this race;
stand by me while I run this race;
stand by me while I run this race,
for I don't want to run this race in vain!

4 I'm your child while I run this race;
I'm your child while I run this race;
I'm your child while I run this race,
for I don't want to run this race in vain!

5 Search my heart while I run this race;
search my heart while I run this race;
search my heart while I run this race,
for I don't want to run this race in vain!

6 Guide my feet while I run this race;
guide my feet while I run this race;
guide my feet while I run this race,
for I don't want to run this race in vain!

Text Information

• First Line: Guide my feet while I run this race
• Title: Guide My Feet
• Meter: 8.8.8.10
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 9:24-27
  ;
  2 Timothy 2:5
  ;
  Hebrews 12:1-3
• Topic: Discipleship and Mission; Guidance
• Source: African American spiritual

Tune Information

• Name: GUIDE MY FEET
• Harmonizer: Wendell P. Whalum (1984 c.)
• Meter: 8.8.8.10
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: African American spiritual
• Copyright: Harm. © Estate of Wendell P. Whalum

Text Information:

This African American spiritual is based on the imagery of “the race that is set before us” in Hebrews 12:1–2. Its call-and-response structure allows for the improvisation and addition of stanzas related to an athletic metaphor that is as vivid today as it was centuries ago.