1 When we walk with the Lord
in the light of his word,
what a glory he sheds on our way!
While we do his good will,
he abides with us still,
and with all who will trust and obey.
Refrain:
Trust and obey, for there's no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.
2 Not a burden we bear,
not a sorrow we share,
but our toil he doth richly repay;
not a grief or a loss,
not a frown or a cross,
but is blest if we trust and obey. [Refrain]
3 But we never can prove
the delights of his love
until all on the altar we lay;
for the favor he shows,
for the joy he bestows,
are for them who will trust and obey. [Refrain]
4 Then in fellowship sweet
we will sit at his feet,
or we'll walk by his side in the way;
what he says we will do,
where he sends we will go;
never fear, only trust and obey. [Refrain]
Povestea din Spate (EN)
One night in the mid-1880s, when Dwight L. Moody was preaching in Brockton, Massachusetts, his "team" opened the floor, requesting spontaneous testimonies from the audience.
A nervous young man stood and expressed his doubts and then his intentions: "I am not quite sure-—-but I am going to trust, and I am going to obey."
Hearing such a witness, God wrote that man's name in the Book of Life. Hearing such a genuine faith despite unanswered questions, Moody's musician, Daniel Towner, wrote down the memorable sentence.
Towner mailed the quote and a brief description of its context to his friend John Sammis, who quickly wrote the four-line refrain to "Trust and Obey." Sammis later added the five verses. He mailed the package back to Towner, who came up with the tune.