Be Thou My Vision
  Author Unknown (Old Irish; date unknown)
 
Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art.
Thou my best thought, by day and by night,
Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
 
Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word;
I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord; 
Thou my great Father, I thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one.
 
Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
Thou mine inheritance, now and always;
Thou and thou only, first in my heart,
High king of heaven, my treasure thou art.
 
High king of heaven, my victory won;
May I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still my vision, O ruler of all.
 
Quote: “This hymnic poem makes the bold claim that God needs to be preeminent in our daily lives because He is the greatest treasure.” End Quote.  From: ‘40 Favorite Hymns on Christians Life’ by Leland Ryken
 
Christ is Preeminent in Creation:
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers.  All things were created through Him and for Him.
And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning , the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have preeminence.”
Colossians 1:15-18
 
Christ is Preeminent in Redemption:
“For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
And you, who were once alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and blameless, and irreproachable in His sight--”  
Colossians 1: 19-22
(Read the rest of Chapter 1 that tells of the preeminence of Christ in the church.)
 
Wherever we are this day and everyday, let’s worship our Lord and Christ who deserves our continual praise, honor and glory.  Amen