An Offering

 

 

God gives us life, He gives us breath,

All good gifts come from Him

He fills our cups with gracious gifts

til they're flowing o'er the brim

 

Yet many times when He expects 

some small thing in return

We balk at His audacity 

and His request we spurn

 

 

But He Who gives us all we have

deserves our very best

Our valued things, our prized possessions

Along with all the rest.

 

When He comes asking for an off'ring

He expects us to respond

with willing hearts and open hands

and gifts that go beyond

 

 

He asks them for a reason

Not just to make us sad

He has a plan, His will to do

and that is never bad

 

He has a work that He wants done

the pattern's all laid out

Our gifts, our goods are what He needs

To bring it all about

 

 

So let us give with willing hearts

the best things that we own

And as we do, remember, 

we will reap what we have sown

 

God will use our gifts for good

His good will He will do

And one day we will not regret

in that land beyond the blue!

 

~

 

Joshua Lancaster