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Above All Else
Above all else
Above our selves
We lift up our hands
Taking glory due to you off stagnant shelves
Beyond our need
We submit our will and we kneel
To your worth-ship
You are worthy of our stewardship
Our life energy and synergy of liturgy
Lips devoted to forming words of mastery
In futile effort to define your glory your is-ness
Your completeness, your immeasurable supreme greatness
Yet even then we have ne’er begun to scratch the tip of the surface
You are so deep, with wisdom so steep, who can attain to know your face
We hide we cover for in your illumination all truth is exposed to our disgrace
Oh but for your grace we can dare stand and raise our hands in full surrender
To God of the universe our one and only savior and defender
Your presence reveals the truth from the lie, exposing every pretender
For we must worship you in truth and the spirit, even with the sweetest tunes and tightest lyrics
If we are in deception you won’t hear it
You want us to keep it real
Don’t come to you if we want to lie and steal
You want us to come correct
Not pumped up in the pride of our own intellect
You want us to take off the cover
Not hiding the shame of a forbidden lover.
You want us to repent in our hearts
Not giving you just a portion while keeping back a secret part
You are worthy of our devotion
Not mix-matching your presence with dark potions
Seeking you yet seeking forbidden mysteries of deep oceans
For you are more than enough
The devil and his minions are not that tough
At the name of Jesus, they cower, shrivel, insignificant scruff
So we exalt you above all else for you are already there
Our words of acknowledgment only take us there
To heavenly places in Christ Jesus our lord
When we lift you up we don’t take you high
Saying so opens our eyes
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so
For you are lord without our words
You are a king without our song
But when we lift you up we become one
With the son
For then we recognize our own demise
We see ourselves as you see us before your eyes
We abandon falsehood darkness and every disguise
For thus we make you Lord of our lives
The highest praise of our lips can give
Is hallelujah! hallelujah! To the he only god that lives
But even greater praise that pleases beyond the mouth
Is a life that walks in faith and not in doubt
That is the worship that you seek
From a heart humble and meek
In spirit
Not just in lyric
In truth
Remembering the creator from our youth
You are looking you are searching
For one who believes
On who’s behalf you can show
yourself strong and mighty
through whom you can manifest Your Glory
Above all else
Above our selves
We lift up our hands
Taking glory due to you off stagnant shelves
Beyond our need
We submit our will and we kneel
