Lyrics
Verse 1
In the landscape of my life
You don't rush through any season
You always take Your time
A careful hand a gentle guide
You take what's dead away
And You prune what's running wild
Chorus
So be the gardener of my heart
Tend the soil of my soul
Break up the fallow ground
Cut back the overgrown
And I won't shy away
I will let the branches fall
So what You want can stay
And what You love can grow
Verse 2
Through the winter I'm still alive
What You've planted in the dirt
Is ever reaching to the light
You prepare me for darkened times
You'll sustain what You have started
And You'll teach me to abide
Chorus
So be the gardener of my heart
Tend the soil of my soul
Break up the fallow ground
Cut back the overgrown
And I won't shy away
I will let the branches fall
So what You want can stay
And what You love can grow
Bridge
I'll remain in You
You'll remain in me
And I will trust Your timing
Bridge
I'll remain in You
You'll remain in me
From the start until the ending
'Cause You know better
Chorus
So be the gardener of my heart
Tend the soil of my soul
Break up the fallow ground
Cut back the overgrown
And I won't shy away
I will let the branches fall
So what You want can stay
And what You love can grow
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Meaning & Inspiration
This worship song prays for God to act as the gardener of the singer's life. The first verse notes that He does not rush, takes away what is dead and prunes what runs wild, using a careful hand and a gentle guide.
The chorus asks Him to "Tend the soil of my soul" and to "Break up the fallow ground", with a willingness to "let the branches fall" so that what He loves can grow. The second verse adds a winter picture, where what was planted in the dirt keeps reaching toward the light.
The bridge, "I'll remain in You, You'll remain in me", echoes the language of abiding in John 15, where Jesus describes a vine and branches pruned to bear more fruit. The fallow-ground phrase also recalls Hosea 10:12. The song reads as a prayer of patient trust in God's timing and in His careful shaping of a life.
Related Scripture
- John 15:1-5 Jesus describes the Father as gardener who prunes branches that remain in the vine.
- Hosea 10:12 The prophet urges breaking up fallow ground and seeking the Lord.
- Psalm 1:3 The righteous are likened to a tree planted by streams of water.