Lyrics
Verse (x3)
The value of my life
Is how much of You I carry
The impact of my life
Is how much of YOu people see
Chorus (x3)
I want You at all cost
In Your fullness and glory
Chorus 2 (x3)
I need You at all cost
In Your fullness and glory
Bridge (x4)
Just enough won't be enough
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Meaning & Inspiration
“At All Cost” by Dunsin Oyekan is a short, repeated prayer about wanting God above everything else. It opens with a measure of a life: “The value of my life is how much of You I carry,” and “the impact of my life is how much of You people see.” Worth and influence are placed in God’s presence rather than in achievement.
The chorus turns that idea into a plea. “I want You at all cost, in Your fullness and glory” later becomes “I need You at all cost,” so desire grows into dependence. The closing line, “Just enough won’t be enough,” rejects a minimal or occasional faith and asks for more of God.
The themes are close to Galatians 2:20, where Christ lives in the believer, and Philippians 3:8, which counts everything as loss compared with knowing Christ. The line about people seeing God in a life also recalls Matthew 5:16. Because the words are few and repeated, the song works as a sustained act of surrender in worship.
Related Scripture
- Galatians 2:20 Christ living in the believer
- Philippians 3:8 Counting all things loss for knowing Christ
- Matthew 5:16 Letting others see God through a life