A Psalm I wrote at the aboutFace youth camp 2010 - Christiaan Nel

Wow God, you’re amazing.
You find us where we least expect it
You speak to us when we least expect it
You’re name will forever shine as it did in infinity past
How I long to gaze upon Your glory
Keep my feet from not stumbling on the high places
As it is there where I search You

Lord, my life is a living sacrifice
Crying out the love you poured out over me
Help me to always praise Your name
And speak Your fame to the ends of the earth
It is you only I seek day and night
Of all my desires
Wanting to know Jesus more and more
Crowns them all

 Let loose in me a fiery passion
Give me tongues to speak your praise
A gladness to exalt your name
Let my worship be of joy
And my mind not wander

 Only by your will
If need be
Reveal to me what it means to serve
To take my holy hands
And bring a sacrifice of praise
Humble my spirit and discard all pride

If they mock me because of Your name
Give me tidings of gladness
Blessings to speak over their lives
If only that is the chance
For them to hear Your Word
Then may it be so

Long am I estranged to a life long left behind
To take this message to wherever it need go
My heart aches to share
But still I hold back, scared by man, by my own being
Of what I could’ve become
Under my own power

Create in me a clean heart oh God
And renew a right spirit within me
How great you are God, how great you are
Nations bow down, Creation sings in worship
The same words echo throughout eternity in different languages
So that all may hear
The wonders of our mighty God
The one who saves
Without question, without wrath
You take hold of me
And speak life into a dead body

What I am on earth is temporary
It withers away quickly
In the presence of eternity
This time I want to use to fulfill your will in my life
What it is I do not yet know
But help me to spread your word
To get some meaning behind it all
To get something behind my name
So that I can be humbled all over again

Where I will find You I never know
You are unfathomable to me
With ways far above my dreams
Oh Lord it is me who seeks but do not find
It is you who loves and find me where I least expect
It is by grace alone that it can be
Your face revealed to a mortal like me

Jesus I want to serve you and sing your praise
In times to come and beyond even that
I will follow to the utmost end
When my legs can’t carry me any more
There I will rely on You and even before