Composer: David Moffitt, Regie Hamm
Author: David Moffitt, Regie Hamm
Arranger: Don Hart
Publisher: First Verse Music/Magnolia Hill Music
Voicing: SATB
Pages: 18
Copies: 18
Publish Date: 1992
Lyrics
I have wrestled in the darkness of this lonely pilgrim land,
raising strong and mighty fortresses that I alone command.
But these castles I've constructed by the strength of my own hand
are just temporary kingdoms on foundations made of sand.
In the middle of the battle I believe I've finally found,
I'll never know the thrill of victory til I'm willing to lay down
all my weapons of defense and earthly strategies of war.
So I'm laying down my arms and running helplessly to Yours.
I surrender all my silent hopes and dreams
though the price to follow costs me everything.
I surrender all my human soul desires.
If sacrifices requires that all my kingdoms fall, I surrender all.
If the source of my ambition is the treasure I obtain;
If I measure my successes on a scale of earthly gain.
If the focus of my vision is the status I attain,
accomplishments are worthless and my efforts are in vain.
So I lay aside these trophies to pursue a higher crown;
and should You choose some-how to use this life I willing lay down;
I surrender all the triumph for it's only by Your grace;
I relinquish all the glory and I surrender all the praise.
Everything I am, all I've done and all I've known,
now belongs to You; the life I live is not my own.
Just as Abraham laid Isaac on the sacrificial fire,
if all I have is all that You desire, let all my kingdoms fall.
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