I Am Nothing

I could travel over oceans

Cross the deserts, climb the mountains

Just to share Your story

Bring You glory and win souls for You

And I could sing like an angel

Songs so humble and so thankful

Full of drama and emotion

So the world would know Your truth

I could give away my money

And my clothes and my food

To restore those people who are poor

And lost and down and out

Oh, I could succeed at all these things

Find favor with peasants and kings

But if I do not love, I am nothing

I could live a flawless life

Never cheat or steal or lie

And always speak so kindly

Smile so warmly and go about doing good

I could dedicate myself to do

What everyone else wants me to

Listen to them, compliment them

Say the things I should

I could show up every Sunday

Lead the choir and Bible Study

And they all might come to know me

As a leader and a friend

Oh, I could achieve success on earth

But success cannot define my worth

And all these actions, all these words

They will not matter in the end

'Cause songs will fade to silence

Stories, they will cease

The dust will settle

Covering all my selfless deeds

So as I strive to serve You

Won't You make it clear to me?

That if I do not love, I am nothing

And if I cannot live my life

Loving my brother

Then how can I love the One

Who lived His life for me?

Oh, sent to earth from Heaven

Humble Servant, Holy King

Come to share a story, get no glory

And save my searching soul

You knew that I'd deny You, crucify You

But nothing could stop You

From living for me, dying for me

So that I would know

That songs will fade to silence

Stories they will cease

The dust will settle

Covering all my selfless deeds

But Your life here has made it

Clear enough for me to see

That if I do not love, I am nothing