Where My Help Comes From

Lyrics

[Intro]

I have looked in every direction
Measured every road
Counted what I have left
And everything I cannot hold

Then I lift my eyes again
Past the trouble in my view
My help does not come from what I see
My help comes from You

[Verse 1]

I tried to solve tomorrow
Before this day was through
Carried conversations
That had not happened yet

I made fear sound like wisdom
Let worry call the steps
But all my careful thinking
Could not give my spirit rest

Then Your word broke through the noise
Steady as the morning sun
The One who formed the hills I fear
Is greater than each one

[Pre-Chorus]

You do not sleep
You do not turn away
You have kept me every mile
And You will keep me today

[Chorus]

I know where my help comes from
Not the strength inside my hands
Not the favor of a person
Not the safety of my plans

I know where my help comes from
From the Maker of the skies
When the road rises before me
I will lift my weary eyes

My help comes from the Lord
My help comes from the Lord

[Verse 2]

There were nights I thought the pressure
Would follow me into the dawn
But You guarded every doorway
And held me when strength was gone

You kept my feet from slipping
When pride had made me rush
You slowed me down with mercy
When I trusted myself too much

Now I do not call it weakness
To admit what I cannot do
Dependence is not failure
When the One I need is You

[Pre-Chorus]

You know my going out
You know my coming in
You have watched over every ending
And every place I begin

[Chorus]

I know where my help comes from
Not the strength inside my hands
Not the favor of a person
Not the safety of my plans

I know where my help comes from
From the Maker of the skies
When the road rises before me
I will lift my weary eyes

My help comes from the Lord
My help comes from the Lord

[Bridge]

When money cannot fix it
When words cannot repair
When those I counted on
Do not know how to be there

When the doctor has no answer
When the door remains shut
When I have reached the ending
Of everything I trust

I will lift my eyes
I will lift my eyes

Not because the hill is smaller
Not because the road is smooth
But because the God above it
Has never failed to move

[Build]

Keeper through the daytime
Keeper through the night
Shade when heat surrounds me
Fire when I need light

Keeper of my family
Keeper of my mind
Keeper of the promise
I could never hold in time

You will not abandon
What Your hands began
The God who made the heavens
Is holding where I stand

[Final Chorus]

I know where my help comes from
From the One who knows my name
From the God who walked beside me
Through every season of change

I know where my help comes from
When my own strength has run dry
I will not bow down to the mountain
I will lift my eyes

My help comes from the Lord
Who made the earth and sky
My help comes from the Lord
Who has kept me all my life

My help comes from the Lord
My help comes from the Lord

[Outro]

I have looked in every direction
Now I know what is true

My help does not come from what I see
My help comes from You