
Author: Robert B. Whitaker Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #16602 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D First Line: I am not what I ought to be Lyrics:
1 I am not what I ought to be,
The Word of God reveals;
I am not what I might have been,
My heart within me feels.
I am not what I’ll surely be
When I behold His face,
But what I am, I am thro’ Him,
And only by His grace.
2 If there is any good in me,
It is not of my own;
If there is any grace it is
The grace of God alone.
My fault is mine, I blame it not
On anyone beside;
The sin is mine, the grace alone
Is His, the Crucified.
3 I tremble when I see myself,
The man I might have been;
I dare not count impossible
The deepest depths of sin.
The meanest mortal whom I meet,
However how he be,
But for the saving grace of God,
Might thus have been with me.
4 I know that God has more for me
Than I have ever dreamed,
Tho’ I be counted least among
The hosts of the redeemed.
But whether much or little of
That blessedness be mine,
I dare not count it merited,
’Tis all of grace divine.
5 God’s grace is all my confidence,
His goodness all my stay;
I stand upon His promises—
He will not say me nay.
I trust no arm of flesh to save,
No merit of my own,
My faith abideth ever in
The grace of God alone.
Languages: English Tune Title: MONTERÍA
God's Grace