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Timothy Brindle - Self-Sufficiency
(from the album The Attributes of God)
© copyright 2011

Verse 1:
Creatures, there's none awesome/
Like Yahweh, the only Uncaused One/
Nah, none put Him into existence, see/
He always was His own sufficiency/
His glory- He knows it perfectly/
No need of time- He is His own eternity/
True indeed, there's nothing that You would need/
As a Triune, loving community/
The “I Am”—tells His famous Name/
From the burning bush—the self-sustaining flame/
Free in sovereignty—there’s no doubting/
He is all He needs—His own fountain/
You need none-You’re independent/
Impossible for You to have discontentment/
Because in Yourself—You’re full of pleasure/
Oh God, You are Your own Holy treasure!

Hook:
In Yourself, You have all power and might
In Yourself, You are the fountain of life
With no lack—none else can give to Thee
You're fulfilled in Your self-sufficiency

Verse 2:
To speak of God in need would be absurd/
As Tozer said, “need is a creature word”/
Worthy of authentic worship/
We can’t add to God- He’s already perfect/
But Father, Spirit, Son, yes—all of You/
Chose to create—just because You wanted to/
Even though LORD—You don’t need us/
It pleased You to show Your glory to creatures/
The Son—the Word of Life- He speaks forth/
The Spirit—the Breath of Life- no weak force/
Of all Life—the living God is the source/
So to create—He needed no resource/
How we love this profound discussion/
That God made all things out of nothing/
Ex Nihilo/
How may tools did You use to create? Yup, it's zero bro/
It pleased You to create, by shouting/
Into existence every lake and mountain/
And snake and falcon/
Then You made human beings and with the greatest favor crowned them/
You sustain all things—a gracious fountain/
Providing rain by gallons for daisies sprouting/
But all of this didn’t add anything to God/
Absolutely nothing changed about Him!

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Verse 3
Yo! This is hectic/
Since Adam disrespected Him who is the blessed/
From the life of God, we're disconnected/
We turn to idols for life- we're wicked, wretched/
And we're all disgusting, evil in our flesh/
And God would be just to leave us in our death/
And there's only One who can reconnect us/
To the source of life and oh, He is precious/
The LORD can give life or choose to kill/
The Lord Christ gives life to whom He will/
Because, like the Father, He has life in Himself/
So He is the resurrection, I’m hyper to tell/
Behold the infinite love of Jehovah/
For wicked, lifeless sinners—bubbling over/
When the Author of Life done offered His life/
Upon the cross- it’s God slaughtered and sliced/
The Immortal One became mortal to die/
Born to be torn for our horrible lies/
And sexual immorality/
So trade Him your death--for His Immortality/
The death of death in the death of Christ/
Now we live with Him in resurrection life/
Now we’re righteous because Christ was crushed/
The Holy Spirit is Christ’s life in us/
By the Word of Life, we’re alive and we’re full/
It’s renewing our minds—and reviving our soul/
So come daily to the Giver of this Life/
And drink deeply from His River of Delights/
When making mistakes or faint in our strength/
From His fullness receive grace upon grace/
From lifeless idols, let’s turn to Christ/
Who is Himself the eternal life!

Hook 2:
In Yourself, You have all power and might/
In Yourself, You are the fountain of life/
Even though the Father doesn't need us/
Yet to You, God, we’re worth the blood of Jesus!

Hook3:
In Yourself, You have all power and might/
In Yourself, You are the fountain of life/
So savor the Savior/
Because to know Him is the Life we were made for!