I’m standing under the waterfall of Your approval And I find that I don’t need anything else or anyone else but you
When I was a kid there was nothing I wanted more than my father's approval. At the time I didn't think he approved of me, much. Turns out I was very wrong, which I learned (much) later. But. At the time what I wanted more than anything was to stand in the waterfall of approval. What I didn't know what that I was standing in the wrong waterfall. The approval that was showered on me - even in the best of days - was just a trickle compared to the waterfall of love and approval that God wanted to pour down on me.
Speak over me
Tell me again
That I’m someone you love
Let it sink in
Tell me a million times
Who I am in heaven’s eyes
Have you found that what sticks with you is the negative? That anything less than perfect feedback means that you are a failure? This is something that I deal with a lot. I can play bass for a worship service and everyone tells me "that was great" and what I remember isn't even what someone else said - it's the one wrong note that I know that I played. Sing harmony and know that I messed up on one note, and I feel like a failure.
Let the truth sink in deeper than the lies. You are someone that He loves.
So I’m letting go
Of all other names
That I gave myself
When I heard you say
Come and find yourself in heaven’s eyes
Heaven’s eyes
What names have you given yourself? Let go of those names. Hear the truth of who He sees:
A child you chose before I took a breath
Every last detail like the back of your hand
Nobody knows, nobody knows me like you
I am always seen
I am always known
Always understood
You call me your own
We are called his own. Fully known, like the back of His hand - and yet we are called his own. Ownership that is proclaimed from the mountain tops - not sheepishly admitted to. We are His.
Where do you need to hear His truth today? Listen. Listen as He tells you a million times who you are in His eyes.
Speak over me
Tell me again
that I’m someone you love
Let it sink in
Tell me a million times
Who I am in your eyes
I’m standing under the waterfall of Your approval
And I find that I don’t need anything else or anyone else but you
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