Please Don't Tie the Hands of Jesus
A song about our needing to be careful in what we do, so as to cooperate with God's plans and purposes.
Solo singersongwriter Christian easy listening or folk music
I am a singer/songwriter in English and Spanish. I write mostly hymns in a fairly conservative style, but with enough melody and rhythm to hopefully be interesting.
Story behind the song
I was praying and meditating one day about the suffering Christ endured for us. It occurred to me how extremely inappropriate it was to tie up someone harmless and innocent. The melodies and lyrics began to come to me right in the middle of prayer.
Lyrics
Please don't tie the hands of Jesus.
Let Him work in your life.
Please don't tie the blessed hands of Christ the Lord
He just wants cooperation.
Let Him work in your life.
Open up your heart and come to Christ the Lord.
For your sins, you need repentance.
For your heart, you need peace.
He will give you forgiveness,
He will give you release.
Please don't tie the hands of Jesus.
Let Him work in your life.
Please don't tie the blessed hands of Christ the Lord
Oh there is a living fountain He can put in your life.
He can put a fount of blessing in your soul.
So, don't shut off the faucet.
Let Him work in your life.
To the people all around you, love can flow.
If you don't neglect your Bible, if you take time to pray,
You will know how to live and you will know what to say.
So, don't tie the hands of Jesus.
Let Him work in your life.
Please don't tie the blessed hands of Christ the Lord
When you give Him your money, when you give Him your time,
You can be the hands of Jesus to the lost.
But, if you refuse Him service, you are tying His hands.
Oh, how terrible to tie the hands of God.
The Roman soldiers did it and the Pharisees too.
The wicked and rebellious, that is what they all do.
Oh but, don't you ever do it, don't be tying His hands.
Oh, how terrible to tie the hands of God.
So, don't tie the hands of Jesus. Give Him all of your life.
He will give you all the blessings you can stand.
He will give you strength and wisdom, peace and happiness too.
He has all of Heaven's riches in His hands.
And when He comes to get you, there'll be stars in your crown.
There'll be friends who'll come with you, there'll be joys all around.
So, don't tie the hands of Jesus.
Give Him all of your life.
Please don't tie the blessed hands of Christ the Lord.
