What comes from Your hand

Over this last year, I've come to appreciate simple songs.  I've been writing poetry and songs since I was a wee little Mandy, and it's still something I enjoy as it's one of the few ways I feel I can really express myself.

Here's a simple song I wrote this week based on 1 Chronicles 29:14 (I love this chapter!):

Everything we have comes from You,
& we have only given You what comes from Your hand,
what comes from Your hand.
Everything we have comes from You,
& we have only given You what comes from Your hand,
what comes from Your hand, comes from Your hand.
Oh God, You are good, so good.
Oh God, You are good, You are good, so good.
My God, You are good, You are good, so good.
And I trust in You, I trust in You,
I follow. I live in You.
Yes, I trust in You, I trust in You,
I follow. I love in You.
And I trust in You, I trust in You.
I follow. I live in You.
And You are good, so good.
You are good.
(Repeat)

It has just really been on my heart lately the simplicity of giving what I have to the Lord. It's not mine- it came from His hand. Sometimes (okay, a lot of the time), I have a tight grip on what I believe is mine.  I close my hand to the Lord, because, at the depth of it, I don't trust Him. It helps for me to remember that He is the Creator.  Everything I have comes from His hand. He is a good, loving Father who is not "out to get me".  He calls me to release everything to Him- those things that are toxic and those things that are good.  Often we may hold on to something because we believe it is good for us, but, like Abraham, we must be willing to sacrifice our Isaacs if the Lord asks us to. It can be really difficult to let go of something that we believe (or know) is a promise from the Lord.  I appreciate that Abraham had a spirit of obedience.  If I was in his shoes (sandals?), I probably would have protested, "But Lord, You promised me this child!" and my fleshly instinct would have been to "protect" what God had promised me.  It sounds silly, but I know we all do that all the time.  Some how we believe that we know better than God. We may not verbalize that, but our actions do.

Acknowledging that everything I have comes from His hand stirs my heart to trust that He knows best since it all comes from Him to begin with.