Our September song-of-the-month is "Complete in Thee."  The hymn text is from the 19th century, while the tune is more recent (but still sounds like a hymn tune.  You can listen to it here.

Looking at the chorus, might seem strange to sing the words, "glorified I too shall be."  There is a sense in which only God is worthy of glory, and He does not share that glory (Isaiah 42:8).  But the Bible speaks of a sense in which believers will be glorified with Christ.  We are "heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him." (Romans 8:17 ESV).  And again, in Romans 8:30, "those whom he justified he also glorified."  Sin, pain, corruption, and death will one day no longer be part of our existence.  We will be like Christ (1 John 3:2).

In fact, the chorus uses three theological terms to describe the work of Christ in the lives of believers:

Justification:  God's legal declaration that we are righteous in His sight, because of the finished work of Christ.

Sanctification:  We most often use this term to refer to progressive sanctification, which is our life-long pursuit of holiness and spiritual growth.  When we read the word in the Bible, it more often refers to positional sanctification.  Positional sanctification means that believers are already counted holy by God--"holy" means that we belong wholly to God and His purposes.  (For example, Hebrews 10:10, 1 Corinthians 1:30). Both positional and progressive sanctification are necessary parts of the Christian life, and both are purchased by the cross of Christ.

Glorification:  The final stage in our salvation, when we are completely freed from sin and its curse and are given perfect, glorified, Christ-like, resurrected bodies.

The point of "Complete in Thee" is that the Gospel supplies everything we need for living the Christian life.  Our past, present, and future are covered by the cross of Christ.  This confidence gives us all we need by reminding us that Christ is all we need, whether we face temptation, suffering, or even death.

Here are the lyrics:

Complete in Thee! No work of mine
May take, dear Lord, the place of Thine;
Thy blood hath pardon bought for me,
And I am now complete in Thee.

Chorus:
Yea, justified! Oh blessed thought!
And sanctified! Salvation wrought!
Thy blood hath pardon bought for me,
And glorified I too shall be!

Complete in Thee! No more shall sin,
Thy grace hath conquered, reign within;
Thy voice shall bid the tempter flee,
And I shall stand complete in Thee.

Complete in Thee—each want supplied,
And no good thing to me denied;
Since Thou my portion, Lord, wilt be,
I ask no more, complete in Thee.

Dear Savior, when before Thy bar¹
All tribes and tongues assembled are,
Among Thy chosen will I be,
At Thy right hand, complete in Thee.

Words by Aaron R. Wolfe, 1851.  Chorus:  James M. Gray (1851-1935)

^{1. "Bar" here means a court of law (as in "bar association" or the "bar exam" that lawyers have to take). The hymn is talking about the time when Christ will judge all people.↩}