GHS 54 : I Am Ready For Service Lyrics
GHS 54, “I Am Ready For Service,” is a response hymn: the Master has spoken, the Spirit is interceding, the call has gone out, and the question is what the believer will say in reply. The hymn gives them the words: here am I, send me. It is deliberately reminiscent of Isaiah’s response when he heard the call of God in the temple, and it carries the same quality of wholehearted availability. The refrain does not make the offer conditional on the path being easy or well-lit; it acknowledges that the pathway may seem dark, but commits to going anyway, to do or die in the Lord’s service.
This hymn appears as number 54 in the Gospel Hymns and Songs (GHS) collection, used in Deeper Life Bible Church and related assemblies across West Africa.
Hymn Lyrics – GHS 54: I Am Ready For Service
- Listen to the Master’s pleadings, There is urgent work for all, Heed the Spirit’s interceding, Give this answer to the call:
I am ready for service for Thee, dear Lord, Here am I — send me, I am willing to be what You’d have me be, I will go to where You want me to go. I am ready for Service for Thee, dear Lord, Here am I, send me, Tho’ the pathway seems dark, For Thee I’ll do or die, I am ready for service Lord.
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There’s a voice to you now calling, Will you heed the earnest word, On the ear it’s gently calling, Give this answer to your Lord.
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Many souls in sins are dying, Haste to help them while you may, For the time is swiftly flying, Will you now to Jesus say.
