Whatever It Takes

There's a voice calling me

From an old rugged tree

And He whispers, "Draw closer to Me;

Leave this world far behind,

There are new heights to climb,

And a new place in Me you will find."

For whatever it takes

To draw closer to you, Lord,

That's what I'll be willing to do.

For whatever it takes to be more like You,

That's what I'll be willing to do.

Take the dearest things to me,

If that's how it must be,

To draw me closer to Thee;

Let the disappointments come,

Lonely days without the sun,

If through sorrow more like You I'll become.

For whatever it takes

To draw closer to you, Lord,

That's what I'll be willing to do.

For whatever it takes to be more like You,

That's what I'll be willing to do.

Take my houses, my lands,

Change my dreams, change my plans

For I'm placing my whole life in Your hands;

And if You call me today

To a place far away

Lord, I'll go, and your will obey.

For whatever it takes

To draw closer to you, Lord,

That's what I'll be willing to do.

For whatever it takes to be more like You,

That's what I'll be willing to do.

I'll trade sunshine for rain

Comfort for pain -

That's what I'll be willing to do -

For whatever it takes for my will to break,

That's what I'll be willing to do.

That's what I'll be willing to do.

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