Benjamin William Hastings - Abandoned Lyrics

Album: Abandoned - EP
Released: 19 Jul 2024

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Lyrics

Something isn’t adding up
This wild exchange you offer us
I gave my worst, you gave your blood
Seems hard to believe

You’re telling me you chose the cross?
You’re telling me I’m worth that much?
If that’s the measure of your love
How else would I sing but

Completely, deeply, sold out sincerely, abandoned
I’m completely, freely, hands to the ceiling enamored
My one life endeavor
To match your surrender
To mirror not my will but yours
I’m completely, deeply, don’t care who sees me abandoned
Oh I surrender all

I just can’t get over it
What kind of self control is this
You had angels at your fingertips
But on the cross you remained

I can’t repay that kind of love
But I can praise with everything I got
Since death had all its power robbed
Then just like the grave

I’m completely, deeply, sold out sincerely, abandoned
I’m completely, freely, hands to the ceiling enamored
My one life endeavor
To match your surrender
To mirror not my will but yours
I’m completely, deeply, don’t care who sees me abandoned
Oh I surrender all

I surrender all
I surrender all

The whole of my heart
The best of my soul
Each phase of my life
Each breath in my lungs

Consider it yours Lord
Consider it yours Lord

The failures I hide
The victories I don’t
The battles I fight
Each crown that I hoard

Consider it yours Lord
Consider it yours Lord

All the glory forever
The grave that you won
The praise of the heavens
The kingdom to come

Consider it yours Lord
Consider it yours

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Benjamin William Hastings, Brandon Lake - Abandoned (Official Live Video)

Meaning & Inspiration

Benjamin William Hastings' "Abandoned," from his 2024 EP of the same name, is a powerful devotional anthem that grapples with the astonishing depth of divine sacrifice and the consequent transformation it inspires within the believer. The song opens with a profound sense of awe and bewilderment at the "wild exchange" offered by God, where human imperfection is met with divine perfection, symbolized by Jesus’ blood shed on the cross. Hastings articulates a genuine struggle to comprehend the immense value placed upon humanity, questioning, "You’re telling me I’m worth that much?" This initial incredulity serves as a bedrock for the song's central theme: the radical, all-encompassing love that compels such a sacrifice.

The lyrical core of "Abandoned" is the repeated declaration of being "completely, deeply, sold out sincerely, abandoned." This isn't an abandonment of despair, but rather an abandonment of self into the loving embrace of God. The phrase "abandoned" here is reclaimed and redefined, no longer signifying rejection but a willing surrender to a higher purpose and a profound sense of belonging. This echoes the sentiment of Psalm 27:10, which states, "Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me." Hastings expresses a desire to "match your surrender" and "mirror not my will but yours," a direct invocation of Jesus' prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, "Yet not my will, but yours be done" (Luke 22:42). The repetition of "I surrender all" is a fervent commitment, encompassing every facet of life—"The whole of my heart, The best of my soul, Each phase of my life, Each breath in my lungs"—and even the hidden failures and proclaimed victories, as declared in the bridge, "The failures I hide, The victories I don’t, The battles I fight, Each crown that I hoard." This expansive surrender finds resonance in Romans 12:1, where believers are urged to "present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship."

Furthermore, the song masterfully captures the paradox of Christ's suffering. Hastings marvels at the "self control" Jesus displayed, who "had angels at your fingertips, But on the cross you remained." This reflects the divine power intentionally withheld for the sake of redemption, a testament to God's unwavering commitment to humanity as described in Philippians 2:6-8, where Christ, "though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant." The inability to repay such immeasurable love leads to an overflow of praise, acknowledging that death's power has been "robbed" (1 Corinthians 15:55-57). The final affirmation, "You’ll never leave me abandoned," serves as a powerful reminder of God's faithfulness, a truth echoed in Hebrews 13:5: "For he has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.'" "Abandoned" is ultimately a song of profound gratitude, a testament to the transformative power of the cross, and an inspiring call to total consecration.