If you are in a season where you are fighting to believe in yourself, to believe in God’s purpose for you and to simply wake up and know you matter and are loved then you need to close your eyes and play Lauren Daigle’s new song “You Say.” Let these words be the prayer of your heart as you remind yourself how God feels about you.
I’m not doing enough. I’ll never measure up. Why do I even try? They should give it to someone else. Why would God choose me? I’m a failure.
I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I’m not enough
Every single lie that tells me I will never measure up
Am I more than just the sum of every high and every low?
Remind me once again just who I am because I need to know
The truth is there. I need only believe it. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16) God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)
You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing
You say I am strong when I think I am weak
And You say I am held when I am falling short
And when I don’t belong, oh You say that I am Yours
And I believe, oh I believe
What You say of me
I believe
I rise up and look in the mirror. I am new. You made me new. I believe it. I don’t have to live in these lies. I can live in your truth.
The only thing that matters now is everything You think of me
In You I find my worth, in You I find my identity, o-ooh
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20) See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. (1 John 3:1)
You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing
You say I am strong when I think I am weak
And You say I am held when I am falling short
And when I don’t belong, oh You say that I am Yours
And I believe, oh I believe
What You say of me
Oh, I believe
Lord, today, we lay all our insecurities, what-ifs, dreams, everything at your feet. You give us the strength to move forward. Show us how you see us!
Taking all I have and now I’m laying it at Your feet
You have every failure God, You have every victory, o-ooh
How precious is your unfailing love, O God! (Psalm 36:7) The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. (Zephaniah 3:17)
You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing
You say I am strong when I think I am weak
You say I am held when I am falling short
When I don’t belong, oh You say that I am Yours
And I believe, oh I believe
What You say of me
I believe
Rise up, dear one. Look into Jesus’ eyes and see his love for you. All those things, all that shame, all that worry, fear, regret can fall to the wayside. Instead, let God embrace you, and believe him when he says you are loved!
Oh I believe, yes I believe
What You say of me
I believe
