How God wants me
How God wants me
by Joel Howard
When I am proud, I get your back
I get your anger, I face lack
When I am weak and show my need
I see your face when I come humbly
For God so loved the world
He wants to show us good
"Who can show us good!"
All mock as if we should
Not I, said the man
Glory? Only God can
Holy? I am God's man
For me? Yes, just as I am
Favored? Yes, by His grace
Safe here? Yes, in this place
How does heaven want its members?
Humble, mold-able, otherwise defenseless
Humble, teachable, otherwise defenseless
Weakness is our jersey
His team written on me
Zero is my number
One is my defender
Two or three are better
Communing with my brothers
Loving on His children
Praying for His coming
How God wants me
How God needs me
Just completely
Broken, needy
But at that same time strangely
Bold and confident
Not in what is
Typically thought best
But confident in how
He made me low
Breathed life in dust
Confidence and trust
Not in calling
Not in talent
Not in money
Not in my strength
But in favor
He gives to me
He gives only
There he wants me
All my trials keep
Coming my way
So I'll there stay
Where he wants me
How God made things
Is how they'll be
Or he'll remove me
He will exclude me
But for Jesus
Precious Jesus
Came and saved us
And forgave us
I wear my jersey
His team on me
God, less of me!
That's how God wants me
It's how God wants me