Once our hearts were lost, tangled deep in sin,

wandering far from grace, and veiled in shame.

Yet with boundless love you have brought us home;

now our greatest prize: to know your name.

Knowing you, Jesus, only you;

there is no greater aim.

In your presence here our joy is found;

there is no higher gain.

Oh our souls cry out just to know you more,

to be fettered by unfailing love.

Though the fires may flash, mighty thunders roar,

still our hope’s secure in Christ above.

Knowing you, Jesus, only you;

there is no greater aim.

In your presence here our joy is found;

there is no higher gain.

Your love is higher, your glory brighter.

Our greatest longing is found in knowing

and our hope is set on you.

That our hope is set on you.

May our lives be steeped in unceasing praise

’til in death we’ll meet on heaven’s shore .

Oh that glorious day, ’tis your face we’ll see

and in your arms we’ll sing forevermore.

Knowing you, Jesus, only you;

there is no greater aim.

In your presence here our joy is found;

there is no higher gain.

Your love is higher, your glory brighter.

Our greatest longing is found in knowing

and our hope is set on you.

That our hope is set on you.

Your love is higher, your glory brighter.

Our greatest longing is found in knowing

and our hope is set on you.

That our hope is set on you.

Knowing you, Jesus, only you;

there is no greater aim.

In your presence here our joy is found;

there is no higher gain.

“ For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.”

Aaron Ivey, Brett Land, Halim Suh, Jeff Mangum, Matt Carter, Austin Stone Music (2013)

All songs covered by Christian Copyright Licensing (Europe) Ltd have been reproduced under CCL No. 543262.