Lyrics
Emmanuel my King
What a price You paid for love
Just for love, just for love
What a price You paid for love, for love, for love
Oh-oh-oh-oh-ooh
What a price You paid for love (What a price You paid)
You paid a debt You did not owe
I owe a debt I did not pay
But here's my heart, here's my heart
Here's my life, here's my life (It was a price You paid)
Here's my everything (Here's my all, my everything)
Here's my heart, here's my heart
And here's my life, here's my life
You can have it all (You can have it all, You can have it)
Oh-oh-oh-ooh how great Your love (How great Your love)
How great Your love
So here I am returning what's Yours, here I am
Here I am returning what's Yours, here I am
Oh God here I am returning what's Yours, here I am
Here I am, here I am (Here I am, here I am)
Just give yourself to the Lord
Oh, You can have it all
Here I am returning what's Yours, here I am, here I am
You paid the price for me, for me, for me
How great is Your love, how great
Oh, how great, how great, how great
Show me Your face Lord
Show me Your face
And gird up my legs
That I might stand in this holy place
Show me Your face Lord
Your power and grace
I can make it to the end
If I could just see Your face
Show me Your face Lord
Show me Your face
And gird up my legs
That I might stand in this holy place
Show me Your face Lord
Your power and grace
I can make it to the end
If I could just see Your face
I can make it to the end
If I could just see Your face
Your face, Your face
It's all I wanna see
It's all I wanna see
It's all I need to see
It's all I wanna see
All I need to see
So show me Your face Lord
Would You show me Your face
And gird up my legs
That I might stand in this holy place
Ooh-oh-oh show me Your face Lord
Your power and grace
I know I'll make it to the end
If I could just see Your face
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Meaning & Inspiration
“Show Me Your Face” is a prayer for nearness to God, endurance, and the strength to stand in a holy place. The repeated request to see the Lord’s face is paired with an appeal for power and grace, presenting perseverance as dependent on divine presence rather than human resolve. Its opening lines also dwell on Christ’s costly love, describing a debt paid on behalf of someone unable to pay it.
The response is surrender: the singer offers heart, life, and everything back to God. That movement from redemption to consecration aligns with biblical patterns of worship, in which mercy leads to a life placed before God. The request to see God’s face recalls Moses’ longing to know God’s glory, while the language of standing through to the end suggests faith sustained by grace. Repetition turns the central petition into an extended prayer, keeping attention on God’s presence as the source of courage and faithful endurance.
Related Scripture
- Exodus 33:18-23 Moses asks to see God’s glory and is sheltered as God passes by.
- Romans 12:1 Paul presents offering one’s life to God as a response to divine mercy.