GOD’S BEST - A. B. Simpson

God has His best things for the few
Who dare to stand the test;
God has His second choice for those
Who will not have His best.
It is not always open ill
That risks the Promised Rest;
The better often is the foe
That keeps us from God’s best.
Some seek the highest choice,
But, when by trials pressed,
They shrink, they yield, they shun the cross
And so they lose God’s best.
Give me, O Lord, Thy hightest choice,
Let others take the rest;
Their good things have no charm for me,
I want Thy very best.
I want in this short life of mine,
As much as can be pressed
Of service true to God and man-
Make me to be Thy best.

A. B. Simpson