Open Hands Again

Lyrics

[Intro]

I know this posture
I’ve been here before
Holding what You gave me
Like it was ever mine

[Verse 1]

I tightened my grip around the outcome
Called it wisdom, called it care
Built a little wall around tomorrow
Then wondered why I couldn’t hear You there

I rehearsed the way it ought to happen
Placed each answer where it belonged
But every plan became a pressure
And every delay felt like something wrong

[Pre-Chorus]

You never asked me not to love it
You only asked me not to rule
So I bring You what I’ve been protecting
And release what I cannot control

[Chorus]

Here are my open hands again
Nothing hidden, nothing clenched
Take the future I keep guarding
Take the fear beneath my plans

Here are my open hands again
Not because I understand
But because I trust the Giver
More than anything He gives

[Verse 2]

I have called possession stewardship
When I was only scared to lose
I have prayed for Your direction
Then resisted what You chose

Some things came with names and faces
Some with years I thought were mine
Some were dreams I built so carefully
I could not see they crossed the line

You were never trying to empty me
Just teaching me a better way
To carry blessings without worshiping them
And hold them loosely every day

[Pre-Chorus]

What You keep, I will receive
What You change, I will release
What You close, I will stop forcing
What You open, I will meet

[Chorus]

Here are my open hands again
Nothing hidden, nothing clenched
Take the future I keep guarding
Take the fear beneath my plans

Here are my open hands again
Not because I understand
But because I trust the Giver
More than anything He gives

[Bridge]

If it stays
I’ll call it mercy

If it leaves
I’ll call You good

If it grows
I’ll give You glory

If it breaks
I still am Yours

If the answer looks much different
From the picture in my mind
Keep my heart from turning bitter
Teach my will to bend to Thine

[Build]

No closed fists
No private rooms
No careful terms
I offer You

The dream
The name
The timing too

The version of my life
I thought You had to choose

[Final Chorus]

Here are my open hands again
Empty enough to be led
Take the weight of self-protection
Take the need to know what’s next

Here are my open hands again
Let surrender become real
Not a lyric in a worship song
But the way I choose to live

Here are my open hands again
Every hope and every plan
I will trust the heart that formed me
When I cannot trace the hand

[Outro]

I know this posture
I’ve been here before

But this time
I’m not asking You
To place it back

I’m asking You
To make me free