Whatever IT Takes

There is 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 I’ll 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.