All That I Have

This song is based on Mark 14:3-9 (and the parallel stories in the other Gospels) when the sinful woman anoints Jesus' feet with perfume from her alabaster flask.  I usually play through this song as I'm warming up before a performance.  Each time I perform, my prayer is that I would have the heart of this woman, who broke her container and poured all of it out in worship--the best she had, and none of it held back.  When she was rebuked for her extravagance by the other disciples, Jesus defended her by saying "Leave her alone...she has done a beautiful thing to Me."

Vs. 1

Jesus, I can claim nothing greater than that I love You

I was made to worship You

Let my love be real, and let this be for no eyes but Yours

Let me be poured out!

You are so worthy; my gift seems so small

Chorus

But all that I have, and all that I am

I pour out in praise at Your feet

Just to make You smile, this simple, beautiful thing

I lay it all down at Your feet

Let me be emptied of myself, for there's no higher goal

Than to kneel in pieces of alabaster, pouring out my praise

Vs. 2

The power of Your grace, it shatters all my alabaster pride

Brings me to my knees

All my righteousness I now see as filthy rags

In the shadow of the cross

Love so amazing, so divine demands my life, my all!

Chorus

All that I have, and all that I am

I pour out in praise at Your feet

Just to make You smile, this simple, beautiful thing

I lay it all down at Your feet

Let me be emptied of myself, for there's no higher goal

Than to kneel in pieces of alabaster, pouring out my praise