He Leadeth Me

This song has been such a blessing to me today. Sometimes it is easy to imagine that the things in my life are not being directed by our loving God, but in fact the truth is that things don't "just happen" in my life. My faithful Father is directing and leading my every step. Proverbs 16:9 reads, "A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps."

"He leadeth me, O blessèd thought!
O words with heav’nly comfort fraught!
Whate’er I do, where’er I be
Still ’tis God’s hand that leadeth me.

"Sometimes mid scenes of deepest gloom,
Sometimes where Eden’s bowers bloom,
By waters still, over troubled sea,
Still ’tis His hand that leadeth me.

"Lord, I would place my hand in Thine,
Nor ever murmur nor repine;
Content, whatever lot I see,
Since ’tis my God that leadeth me.

"And when my task on earth is done,
When by Thy grace the vict’ry’s won,
E’en death’s cold wave I will not flee,
Since God through Jordan leadeth me.

"He leadeth me, He leadeth me,
By His own hand He leadeth me;
His faithful follower I would be,
For by His hand He leadeth me."

- Joseph H. Gilmore, 1862 -

For the tale of how this song came to be written, read this story at Cyber Hymnal.