Sweet Surrender
December 2010
Not just a name
Jesus, you’re not just a name or a writing on a page
Not a memory trapped in history
You’re alive and I need to speak with you today
You are known by your life
Through your touch, in your presence
To know you is my delight
I want to be with you, I need to be with you
I want to be with you
Not some words; the living word
Who we hear, not what we have heard
Not a teaching reserved for preaching
Jesus, whisper in my ear; I know that you are near
Why do you bother?
Why do you bother with me?
Holy Father, I’m so unworthy
I know that you don’t need me
Yet you stoop down just to whisper to me
I love you, you’re my child
For you I would die; and I did, and now I live
Let me live through you
Just one grain
Which one of us is greater, argue two grains of sand
Well, said the sun, I can help you understand
Looks to me like you are twice that one’s size
But in my eyes, if you were any smaller
You’d disappear forever
In foolish pride we compare
Somehow forgetting how we all got here
Living in the shadows of his feet
We’re all just one grain more, one grain more than nothing
Which one of us is greater, wonder two little sons
Well, said the Father, I can help you answer that one
Looks to me like you are twice your brother’s age
But that’s not my way, if you want to be great
You have to learn to be a servant
Seems like something
How long will you chase nothing?
I know it seems like something
But when you get to the end of that rainbow
There’s nothing there
No pot of gold, nothing to show
Further away and another month older
As you hang your head in shame, you hear a quiet voice say
Come to me, I know you’re weary
Come to me, my yoke is easy
And I will give you rest
I always have in mind your best
Something inside you says it’s right
You decide to give it a try
But as you start that way you see
A glimmer in the corner of your eye
You turn around, a flashing sign
Promises great and the road is smooth and wide
Forget deception of last time; the newest way his voice fades
Listen to Seems like something
Pursue love
Why so sad? What exactly do you lack?
What is making your feet drag?
Longing to be free, relentlessly you seek
Comfort, security, wealth, popularity
Expected human liberties as fuel to fly
No wonder your tank is always dry
(They’re slowly choking you inside)
Why so stressed? Cannot find a place to rest?
Continual jet lag?
Can’t really recall if you’ve ever flown at all on
Want to soar? View this life from above?
Unravel from the thorns?
Let go of the weight, get rid of your chains
Pursue love instead
Jesus my brother
Jesus my brother, Jesus my friend; I need to talk to you
Weak and weary; I’m so glad you’re always here with me
So I come, I fall, I worship
I lay my burdens at your feet
I come, I fall, I worship
I rest, your yoke is easy
Loving Father, friend of men; I’m seeking favor with you
Lacking vision, looking upward; I’m longing to hear your voice
Jesus my brother, you are the same; though all around me starts to change
Gently flowing, your love is sweet and I’m resting in your name
I refuse
I refuse to be moved by emotion or abuse
When the waves rise and lightning splits the darkened sky
I refuse to be moved
I will live by what he gives and I will be moved
To thanksgiving when he chooses
His best for me, regardless of how it seems
I refuse to be used by the false comforts of this earth
When all feels well, a gentle breeze on a calm sea
I refuse to be used
Sweet Surrender
Such a sweet surrender
In the depths of my heart I know
Feelings and circumstance try me to doubt
But I’m learning your ways
They are higher, and they are better than mine
And your spirit is inside me
Do I think I could do better?
What would I choose, and who would I fool?
My life would be ruined in no time
Cause nothing I can do apart from you in all my own wisdom is anything
Could I, would I really choose better?
Such a sweet surrender
Gladly I give all I am, all my plans
No aspirations, I only want you; and your life to be my own
My heart your throne; a father, a son secured by love
And your spirit inside me
Such a sweet surrender
The details don’t matter to me
Just let me talk to you, walk by your side; don’t care if we go or if we stay
Anywhere, anyway; as long as I am with you
And your spirit is inside me
