My friend used to joke with me that ‘you have a song for every situation!’ I think that’s the beauty of worship: that God gives us a song for every time and for every situation. Jeremy Camp’s new album has a song ‘Out Of My Hands’, which I found articulated so much for me even before this period of craziness about how much we like to be in control but need to learn to trust that God is in control. As I sing this today, the lyrics resonate: it feels like there’s ‘never-ending pressure’, that we are trying to ‘hold it all together‘, that we are brought to our knees (literally and spiritually) by all we don’t understand, that fear and worries are everywhere… and yet God is still strong enough to handle it all! You can listen by clicking on the title of the song at the end of the lyrics.
‘Every day this never-ending pressure
Tries to take its claim over my heart.
I have tried to hold it all together
But time and time again I fall apart.
But that’s where I find my life was never mine at all;
You are the one inside always in control.
So, when it feels like all of this pain is never gonna end,
Brought to my knees by all of these things
I don’t understand, don’t understand,
I will let the weight of my fear fall like sand
Out of my hands and into Yours,
Out of my hands and into Yours.
Letting go of worries I can’t measure,
Holding onto truth that’s healing me,
Knowing I can trust You is a treasure
With eyes wide open now I finally see
It’s here that I find my life was never mine at all
You’re still the one inside always in control
So, when it feels like all of this pain is never gonna end
Brought to my knees by all of these things
I don’t understand, don’t understand
I will let the weight of my fear fall like sand
Out of my hands and into Yours
Out of my hands and into Yours
Take this out of my hands
Take this out of my hands
Take this out of my hands
It’s out of my hands
There ain’t nothing that You can’t handle
God, You are strong enough
Only You can take this out of my hands, out of my hands
You’re greater than all my sorrows
Worthy of all my trust
Thank You, Lord, that this is out of my hands, out of my hands.’ (‘Out Of My Hands’, Jeremy Camp)
