The Giver Gets the Glory

When I’m endangered and need a protector, or am weak and need someone strong,

When I’m bankrupt and in need of a bailout, when I’m foolish and I am wrong

I need someone wise and righteous, when I’m lost,  I need rescue.

I lift my eyes unto the hills- my helper comes to see me through.

When I cannot do the work, in my impossibility

And I am utterly in need of help, my Father works for me.

The giver gets the Glory, our provider gets the praise

We wait, He works within us His wondrous will and ways.

God says, "To your old age . . . I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear;

I will carry and will save (Isaiah 46:4). You are safe within my care

Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you,

And you shall glorify me (Psalm 50:12, 15), for I will see you through."

When I cannot do the work, in my impossibility

And I am utterly in need of help- My Father works for me.

The Giver gets the Glory Our Provider gets the praise

We Wait, He Works within us His wondrous will and ways.

Bridge:

No eye has seen a God besides you, 
Who works for those who wait for him (Isaiah 64:4).

The giver of life abides in you (Acts 17:25) 
He works his will in the fates of men (Phil 2:12–13)

When I cannot do the work, In my impossibility (Philippians 4:13)

And I am utterly in need of help, my Father works for me.

The Giver gets the Glory, our Provider gets the praise

We wait, He works within us His wondrous will and ways.

Based on a Piper sermon

October 8, 2018

Anthony Foster