All of Me

All My Love

You made a way for me

To come to your mercy seat

Your death has opened up the door

Now that the veil has been torn

My broken life is restored

Your precious blood has washed me clean

            All my love is yours, all of my affection

            All my heart belongs to the lord most high

One thing I ask and seek

To gaze upon your beauty

To dwell in your house forever more

For my body longs for you

More than for drink or food

My soul thirsts for the living God

All of my heart and my soul

All of my strength is yours

All of my hopes and my dreams

I give to you my king

 All of my plans and my ways

I lay them down and say

All of my love is yours

Today we looked at the song All My Love which talked about giving all of my love to Him. In the first few lines it talked of how He showed us mercy and made a way for us to be made clean and restored by what He did on the cross. It talked of how because of that we want to give Him all our love. The chorus sang of this saying, “All my love is yours, all of my affection. All my heart belongs to the lord most high.” Maybe it is because these lines reminded me of two of my favorite songs, Lord I Lift Your Name on High and All in All, but it reminded me of how He is my everything, and my need to give Him my everything as I live to love and glorify Him. The closing verse talked about giving Him all of my hopes, dreams, and plans. Dreams of getting married and raising children of my own. Plans of maybe adopting children from around the world, if I couldn’t have kids of my own. And Hopes of one day being free from all my injuries, and being able to think more clearly. I have so many hopes, dreams and plans for my future, but as the song says, I need to say, “I lay them down and say, all my love is yours.” I trust that God knows who I am and what I love, and that He will meet my desires whether it is the way I hope He fulfills them, or not. This life is not about me, it’s about Him, and I want to give Him all my love.

Later we talked about the story of Jesus feeding the 5000. The boy made a huge gesture in that he gave all he could, but in regards to what was needed, it would be considered meager. And yet because he put it into God’s hands, it was used to accomplish amazing things! This gives me great hope, because I see how it can be true of my life. I have a very willing heart to give God all that I can, but often it still would be considered meager to this world. But the hope I find in this story, is that it’s not about what I can give, but what God can give, with what I have to offer. This is where my hope lies. That the amazing God I love and serve will use my life and all that I give to Him, to accomplish great things.