Lyrics
I sit and look back in retrospect
On how can I expect, to justify one reason to love You
It almost seems like distrespect oh when I recollect on how many reasons
Just why I should love you
(repeat)
(Chorus)
Lord you purchased my salvation
But it's more than that
Brought me in and out of season
But it's more than that
You knew and loved me before creation
But it's more than that
My love just can't find one reason
It's more than that.
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Meaning & Inspiration
It Is More Than That reflects on the difficulty of reducing love for God to a single reason. The lyric begins in retrospect, considering the many grounds for devotion, then repeatedly answers each example with the title phrase. Salvation, sustaining care, and love known before creation all matter, yet the refrain insists that divine goodness exceeds any short list. This repetition gives the song the character of testimony without making gratitude depend on only one blessing.
The line about purchased salvation recalls New Testament language about believers being bought at a price, while the reference to love before creation closely parallels the opening of Ephesians. Together, those ideas place redemption within a larger account of grace rather than treating it as an isolated benefit. The song therefore presents worship as a response to the breadth of divine love: specific reasons can be named, but no single explanation fully contains it. Its central phrase keeps wonder and gratitude at the center.
Related Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 6:20 Paul says believers were bought at a price, matching the lyric about purchased salvation.
- Ephesians 1:4 The passage speaks of being chosen in Christ before the creation of the world.