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Instrument
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Aug 21, 2026 updated
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Matt Maher's song "Instrument" is a prayerful surrender, asking God to use the singer as a vessel of love, forgiveness, and peace. The lyrics echo the Prayer of Saint Francis, focusing on sowing love where there is hatred and bringing hope to despair. The chorus offers oneself to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, acknowledging brokenness while seeking to be an instrument of God's grace. Themes of peace, pardon, and new life through Christ are woven throughout, making it a heartfelt worship song about service and transformation.
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Where there is hatred Lord, let me sow your love
Where there�??s injury, let forgiveness be enough
Are we giving up, fighting the good fight
Where there is despair, just a flicker in the flame
Could break the veil of night
To the Father and the Son
And the Holy Spirit, three in One
I offer you myself, though I�??m broken and spent
Let me be Your instrument
Let me be Your instrument
May I never seek, to be consoled as to console
May I understand, to be loved is to love, to be loved is to love
To the Father and the Son
And the Holy Spirit, three in One
I offer you myself, though I�??m broken and spent
Let me be Your instrument
Let me be Your instrument
Halleluiah
Oh praise Him, Halleluiah
I offer you myself, though I�??m broken and spent
Let me be Your instrument
Let there be peace, pardoned in the pardoning
Born again when we die, You have raised us to new life
Let there be peace, pardoned in the pardoning
Born again when we die, You have raised us to new life