Wesley Corpus

and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.” May I delight to do thy will, O God, and rejoice to suffer it. Whatever threatens me, let me say, “It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good;” and whatever befalls me, let me give thanks, since it is thy will concerning me. I give thee my affections: Do thou dispose of them all; be thou my love, my fear, my joy; and may nothing have any share in them, but with respect to thee and for thy sake. What thou lovest, may I love; what thou hatest, may I hate; and that in such measures as thou art pleased to prescribe me. I give thee my body: May I glorify thee with it, and preserve it holy, fit for thee, O God, to dwell in. May I aneither indulge it, nor use too much rigour towards it; but keep it, as far as in me lies, healthy, vigorous, and active, and fit to do thee all manner of service which thou shalt call for. I give thee all my worldly goods: May I prize them and use them only for thee: May I faithfully restore to thee, in the poor, all thou hast intrusted me with, above the necessaries of life; and be content to part with them too, whenever thou, my Lord, shalt require them at my hands. I give thee my credit and reputation: May I never value it, but only in respect of thee; nor endeavour to maintain it, but as it may do thee service and advance thy honour in the world. I give thee myself and my all: Let me look upon myself to be nothing, and to have nothing, out of thee. Be thou the sole disposer and governor of myself and all ; be thou my portion and my all. O my God and my all, when hereafter I shall be tempted to break this solemn engagement, when I shall be pressed to conform to the world, and to the company and customs that surround me; may my answer be, “I am not my own; I am not for myself, nor for the world, but for my God. I will give unto God the things which are God’s.