Citizen of Rome

Here I am, a citizen of Rome
The order of my world
Shattered by Your word
Here I stand, a citizen of Rome
My systems of peace confounded by Your hands and feet

I had it upside down
You turned it all around
My Jesus, the light of the morning
Help me to understand
Not with my head
But with a tender, broken heart that loves Your way

Here I am, a citizen of Rome
Your ways are inverse
The last become first
Here I stand and heaven is my home
Its empire of grace evolving a new human race

I had it upside down
You turned it all around
My Jesus, the light of the morning
Help me to understand
Not with my head
But with a tender, broken heart that loves Your way

Lord, would You make me
Your vessel and Your instrument of peace
Where there is hatred let me sow Your love
Where there is insult, reconciliation
Where there's doubting use me to build faith
Where there is desperation would I bring hope
Where there is darkness let me shine Your light
And where is sadness then let joy overflow
Oh God, grant that I seek more
To console than to be consoled
To understand than to be understood
And to love than to be loved
'Cause it's in giving that we receive
It's in forgiving that we're forgiven
And it's in dying that we find Your eternal life