I Could Never Outgive You

I could never outgive You

No I could never outgive You

All the earth's riches are stored up in Your house

And I'm about as consequential as a mouse

Pounding at Your door for a morsel

No, I could never out-take You

Yeah, I could never out-take You

Cause You said to ask but I'm always hanging back

Just wishing for the tiniest drop of a drink

Even though You told me to come

Cause You said come, ask, take, eat

Drink deep and be made new

And I'm always stopping, fretting, starving, stewing

What am I doing? But holding back in misery

Cause I could never outgive You, take You

You're right, You're God, You're strong, You are enough

And You've got some really, really big hands

I could never outdo You

No, I could never outdo You

My feeble attempts at counterfeiting effects

Are as a drop compared to the seas of Your might

If I'd only admit that I'm weak, and let Your strength be mine

Oh I could never outlove You

No, I could never outgrace You

I'm still wearing beggars' clothes when I've been given a throne

In Your house, by Your side, at Your word, through Your life

You'd think I would've realized it sooner

Cause You said, "Come to Me, all you weak

And dying under burdens that I never bestowed"

And You're ever taking, caring, holding, bearing

And giving me more than I could ever ask or imagine

Cause I could never outdo You, love You, grace You

No I could never outgive You, take You

By Your word and command You have stretched out Your hand

To the least of these and said,

"Come, come, come to My feast."

-akj, 17 January 2014

(new song, ask me and I'll email you the demo!)