Lyrics
I said on Sunday,
How much I want revival
Then on Monday,
I cant even find my bible
Where's the power,
The power of the cross in my life?
I'm sick of playin'
The game of religion
I'm tired of losin'
My reason for livin'
Where's the power
The power of the cross in my life?
I'm not content
Just to walk through my life
Givin' in to the lies
Walking in compromises
Now we cry out
As a generation that was lost
But now is found
In the power of the cross
We believe in you
We believe
In the power of your word and its truth
We believe in you
So we lay down
Our cause that our cross might be found in you
I'm not satisfied doin' it my own way
I'm not satisfied to reject and walk away
I'm not satisfied there's no love in my life but you
I'm not satisfied livin' in yesterday's hour
I'm not satisfied to have the form and not the power
I'm not satisfied Lord I am crucified in you
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Believe" opens with blunt self-diagnosis, admitting a gap between desired revival and actual practice, described honestly as forgetting where a personal Bible even is. Its repeated question, asking where the power of the cross has gone, frames the song's concern as dissatisfaction with religious routine that lacks real spiritual force.
The chorus responds to that admitted emptiness with declared belief, choosing to lay down personal cause so that identity might be found entirely in the cross rather than in individual effort or reputation. That structure, honest complaint followed by surrendered belief, keeps the song from settling into either despair or shallow reassurance.
A closing list of dissatisfactions names specific alternatives rejected, doing things a personal way, walking away, settling for form without power, before ending with a direct claim of being crucified with Christ. Rooted in contemporary worship's language of revival and renewal, the song functions as confession turned resolve, repeating dissatisfaction with empty religion until it becomes a decisive turn toward crucified identity in Christ.
Related Scripture
- Galatians 2:20 Describes being crucified with Christ so that Christ lives within, directly echoed in the song's closing line.
- 2 Timothy 3:5 Warns against having a form of godliness while denying its power, directly echoed in the song's complaint about form without power.