God Who Stays - Matthew West

If I were You I would've given up on me by now
I would've labeled me a lost cause
Cause I feel just like a lost cause

I would have given up on me by now. What a lost cause. My emotions scream these things at me in the dark places, in the deep corners of my brain these words rattle around, daring me to think differently. Daring me to challenge them for the lies that they are. You are beyond repair.

But somehow You don't see me like I do
Somehow You're still here

God says "I'm here, I'm not going anywhere, and those other things you hear are lies." Sometimes I can hear it in my heart, in the quiet, while I sit with Him. But other times, I hear it because people God has placed in my life speak these words of truth. The other times when the lies scream at me from the silence.

You're the one who runs in my direction
When the whole world walks away
You're the God who stands
With wide open arms
And You tell me nothing I have ever done can separate my heart
From the God who stays

Friends, He stays. When no-one else would. When you would leave yourself. God says "no, I'm here, I chose you, and I'm not going to change that. Nothing you do, nothing you have ever done, nothing you will do can separate you from me"

May you find yourself able to hear the quiet whisper: "I love you. And I'm not going anywhere."



If I were You I would've given up on me by now
I would've labeled me a lost cause
Cause I feel just like a lost cause

If I were You I would've turned around and walked away
I would've labeled me beyond repair
Cause I feel like I'm beyond repair

But somehow You don't see me like I do
Somehow You're still here

You're the God who stays
You're the God who stays
You're the one who runs in my direction
When the whole world walks away
You're the God who stands
With wide open arms
And You tell me nothing I have ever done can separate my heart
From the God who stays

I used to hide
Every time I thought I let You down
I always thought I had to earn my way
But I'm learning You don't work that way

Somehow You don't see me like I do
Somehow You're still here

You're the God who stays
You're the God who stays
You're the one who runs in my direction
When the whole world walks away
You're the God who stands
With wide open arms
And You tell me nothing I have ever done can separate my heart
From the God who stays

My shame can't separate
My guilt can't separate
My past can't separate
I'm Yours forever

My sin can't separate
My scars can't separate
My failures can't separate
I'm Yours forever

No enemy can separate
No power of hell can take away
Your love for me will never change
I'm Yours forever

You're the God who stays
You're the God who stays
You're the one who runs in my direction
When the whole world walks away
You're the God who stands
With wide open arms
And You tell me nothing I have ever done can separate my heart
From the God who stays
You're the God who stays
You're the one who runs in my direction
When the whole world walks away
You're the God who stands
With wide open arms
And You tell me nothing I have ever done can separate my heart
From the God who stays

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Songwriters: Matthew West
The God Who Stays lyrics © Highly Combustible Music, House Of Story Music Publishing, Two Story House Music, Be Essential Songs, One77 Songs