Brian Doerksen - Whatever Is True Lyrics

Whatever Is True is a short worship song that sets Philippians 4:8 to music. The opening lines list what the mind should fix on: whatever is true, right, pure and lovely. The second part turns the list into praise of Jesus, saying that He is true, right, pure and lovely, and that attention is fixed on Him.

The last section repeats the names of Jesus and asks the question "Who is like You?" over and over, with the sense that the answer is no one. The themes follow Philippians 4:8 on thinking about what is true and lovely, Psalm 86:8 on none being like the Lord among the gods, and Colossians 3:2 on setting the mind on things above. Because the words are few and repeated, the song is simple for a congregation to learn and sing quietly, and the tone is calm, focused and reverent, with the question at the end drawing worshipers to dwell on who Jesus is rather than on any circumstance.