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Set me apart for your work, O God
Set me apart for your kingdom
Set me apart for your work, O God
Set me apart for your kingdom
What do I have that I can give?
What can I give that would bless you?
What do I have that I can give?
What can I give that would bless you?
Set me apart for your work, O God
Set me apart for your kingdom
Set me apart for your work, O God
Set me apart for your kingdom
What can I do to serve you, Lord?
How can I serve your kingdom?
What can I do to serve you, Lord?
How can I serve your kingdom?
Set me apart for your work, O God
Set me apart for your kingdom
Set me apart for your work, O God
Set me apart for your kingdom
Lord, what might you ask of me now?
Open my ears to hear it
Lord, where might you lead me to go?
Open my eyes to see it
Set me apart for your work, O God
Set me apart for your kingdom
Set me apart for your work, O God
Set me apart for your kingdom
Set me apart for your work, O God
Set me apart for your kingdom
Set me apart for your work, O God
Set me apart for your kingdom
Written October 28, 2024 in Liberty, MO
2 Tim 2:21, 1 Peter 1:15-16
“Set Me Apart” was written during a visioning period that challenged everyone at Liberty United Methodist Church to reconsider what they could give and how they could serve. It would be easy to be skeptical about a church encouraging people to give more and serve more, as many churches seem to be more focused on building their specific organization rather than building the Kingdom of God, but we all ought to be re-evaluating these things, according to how the Holy Spirit convicts us, constantly.
To be “set apart” is what “holy” means. God calls us to holiness, to set-apartness. The scriptures tell us to be holy, as God is holy. Methodism has its roots in the holiness movement. A focus on holiness can easily turn into a rigid, legalistic focus on laws and morals, but focusing on laws and rules will not make us holy (it usually turns us into miserable jerks). It is God who makes us holy, by his grace, by the redemption of the cross, by the leading of the Holy Spirit. That's what this simple song of prayer is asking: “Set me apart;" make me holy, put me to use for your purposes, for your kingdom.
You don't have to wait to “become holy” before you can serve God. By his grace, you are holy, and as you continue walking with God, you will live into that holiness more and more. That is the process of sanctification.
God doesn't set us apart in order for us to be disconnected from the world. He sets us apart so we can influence the world for his sake. That's consecration.
“Set Me Apart,” in its simple verses, is a prayer for sanctification and consecration. It is a prayer to be made holy and a prayer to be made useful.