“My Heart is Hungry, My Spirit Doth Thirst”
My heart is hungry,
my spirit doth thirst;
I come to Thee, Lord,
to seek Thy supply;
All that I need
is none other but Thee,
Thou canst my hunger
and thirst satisfy.
Feed me, Lord Jesus,
give me to drink,
Fill all my hunger,
quench all my thirst;
Flood me with joy,
be the strength of my life,
Fill all my hunger,
quench all my thirst.
Thou art the food
and the water of life,
Thou canst revive me,
my spirit upbear;
I long to eat
and to drink here of Thee,
Thyself enjoy through
my reading and prayer.
Thou art the Word
with God’s fulness in Thee,
Thou too the Spirit
that God my life be;
Thee in the Word
I enjoy as my food,
Thou as the Spirit
art water to me.
Thou from the heavens
as food camest down,
Thou to be drink
hast been smitten for me;
Thou as the food,
my exhaustless supply,
Thou as the water,
a stream unto me.
Thou in the Word
art the Spirit and life,
Thus by the Word
I may feed upon Thee;
Thou dost as Spirit
in my spirit live,
Thus I may drink
in the spirit of Thee.
Now to enjoy Thee
I come to Thy Word,
On Thee to feed
till my hunger is o’er.
Now in my spirit
I turn unto Thee,
Of Thee to drink
till I’m thirsty no more.
Feeding and drinking,
Lord Jesus, of Thee,
Feeding by reading,
and drinking by prayer;
Reading and praying,
I eat and I drink,
Praying and reading-Lord,
Thou art my fare.
Here, O my Lord,
may I feast upon Thee;
Flood with Thy Spirit
and fill by Thy Word;
May, Lord, Thou be
such a feast unto me
As man hath never
enjoyed nor e’er heard.
~ lyrics by William J. Kirkpatrick
