The Gift of God

Verse 1

Abraham walked out under the stars one night

Couldn't count 'em — God said "Neither can I count your life"

Riches and cattle, a tent and a promised land

Everything I have came from an open hand

Pre-Chorus

I work, I eat, I lift my cup

I didn't climb this mountain — I was carried up

Chorus

I am rich, I am wealthy

Not because I'm clever, not because I'm strong

I am rich, I am wealthy

'Cause the God who owns the cattle on a thousand hills

Has let me eat along

This is the gift of God — this is the gift of God

Verse 2

Job lost everything beneath a heavy sky

But what God gives, God gives back — multiplied

Solomon said there's a man who toils and strains

Then God fills his hands and gladness is his gain

Under the sun, these few years are mine

And I will laugh at the table, I will drink the wine

Pre-Chorus

I work, I eat, I lift my cup

I didn't climb this mountain — I was carried up

Chorus

I am rich, I am wealthy

Not because I'm clever, not because I'm strong

I am rich, I am wealthy

'Cause the God who owns the cattle on a thousand hills

Has let me eat along

This is the gift of God — this is the gift of God

BRIDGE

(Slower, building — spoken/sung feel)

He keeps me occupied with gladness

He fills my days and I forget to count the years

Not storing up and striving — just receiving

Trading all my worry for the harvest that is here

Here at the table, here in the labor

Here in the morning and the evening of my days

I am not anxious — I am just grateful

Rich in His mercy, full of His praise

Final Chorus (Full Gospel Swell)

I am rich, I am wealthy

Not because I'm clever, not because I'm strong

I am rich, I am wealthy

'Cause the God who owns the cattle on a thousand hills

Has let me eat along

This is the gift of God

This is the gift of God

This is the gift — of God

OUTRO (Repeat & fade, congregation feel)

Eat, drink, and rejoice / This is the gift of God

Toil and be satisfied / This is the gift of God

Morning to evening / This is the gift of God

(Repeat)