Lyrics
Verse 1
I don't want anything but You
You're more than every dream come true
All of the things I thought I wanted
Don't come close to knowing You
Now that I'm Yours and You are mine
Our love is the secret that I find
I'll spend forever in the pleasure
I've found looking in Your eyes
Chorus
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
You can have all this world
You can have all this world
Verse 2
More than silver, more than gold
You are the treasure that I hold
Now that I've tasted of Your goodness
Nothing else will satisfy
Chorus
Just give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
And you can have all this world
You can have all this world
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
And you can have all this world
You can have all this world
Post-Chorus
Just give me Jesus
I only want Jesus
I only want Jesus
I only want Jesus
Bridge
I don't want anyone else
I don't need anything else
You are my one thing
You are my one thing
I don't want anyone else
I don't need anything else
You are my one thing
You are my one thing
I don't want anyone else
I don't need anything else
You are my one thing
You are my one thing
I don't want anyone else
And I don't need anything else
'Cause You are my one thing
You are my one thing
You are my one thing
You are my one thing
You are my one thing
Chorus
Just give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
You can have all this world
You can have all this world
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
You can have all this world
You can have all this world
Bridge
Oh, and I don't want anyone else
And I don't need anything else
'Cause You are my one thing
You are my one thing
I don't want anyone else
And I don't need anything else
'Cause You are my one thing
You are my one thing
Oh, I don't want anyone else
And I don't need anything else
'Cause You are my one thing
You are my one thing
I don't want anyone else
And I don't need anything else
'Cause You are my one thing
You are my one thing
You are my one thing
You are my one thing
You are my one thing
Oh, You are my one thing
You are my one thing
You are my one thing
Oh, You are my one thing
You are my one thing
You are my one thing
Yeah, You are my one thing
You are my one thing
You are my one thing
Chorus
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
You can have all this world
You can have all this world
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
You can have all this world
You can have all this world
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Give Me Jesus" opens by setting earlier wants aside: "All of the things I thought I wanted / Don't come close to knowing You." The first verse describes belonging, "Now that I'm Yours and You are mine," and the second compares Jesus to "silver" and "gold," calling Him "the treasure that I hold."
The chorus borrows the familiar refrain of the older spiritual of the same name, "Give me Jesus / You can have all this world." The long bridge then reduces the song to a single line sung over and over, "You are my one thing," preceded by "I don't want anyone else / I don't need anything else."
Read alongside Scripture, those lines parallel the psalmist's statement that nothing on earth is desired besides God (Psalm 73:25) and Paul's counting of everything as loss compared with knowing Christ (Philippians 3:8). The wording is a plain statement of single devotion rather than a story, and its repetition is what carries the message.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 73:25 The psalmist says there is nothing on earth desired besides God, echoed in "I don't want anyone else."
- Philippians 3:8 Counts everything as loss compared with knowing Christ, echoed in the offer of "all this world" for Jesus.