Heavenly Fire

As flames rise upward, Lord, I rise
And seek my God to know.
As Thy Spirit my flame doth blow
I soar to upper skies.

As the flame consumes the wood
So my soul, so parched and dry,
Is subsumed as in Thee I die;
In Thee I live to seek Thy good.

The ashes only there remain,
My soul, bound up in the bundle of life
With Thee, is released from death.
I find that all my loss is gain.

I was dead but now I live;
A living flame I rise with Thee.
A captive once, I now am free,
Lost in Thy life, my praise I give.