Lyrics
[Speaker:]
Some people have seen where God has brought you from
They really don’t understand it
They don’t know your story.
[Choir Verse:]
You don’t know my story
You don’t know the things that I’ve come through
You cannot imagine
The pain the trials I’ve had to endure
You don’t know my story
You don’t know the day He set me free
You cannot imagine
The strongholds and the walls that severed me
[Reprise]
In all God has been faithful to me
He promised He would never leave me
My story proves that God can use me
Deliverance is my testimony
You don’t know -- my story!
You don’t know -- my story.
[Lead 1:]
You don’t know my story
The anguish and the guilt that consume me
Grateful I can tell it
For no more shall the shackles condemn me
You don’t know my story
For if you did you would lift up your hands
So just let me tell you
By faith you may as well break out and dance.
[Reprise]
In all God has been faithful to me
He promised He would never leave me
My story proves that God can use me
Deliverance is my testimony
You don’t know -- my story!
You don’t know -- my story.
[Bridge:]
Through my testimony that the blood of the lamb –
Delivered again
Now I have a testimony;
Favor’s upon me
Grace and Mercy, Love and Peace
Abound
All in you I’ve found
A lord that will not ever leave me
(He wont forsake me.)
You don’t know my story --
[Vamp:]
I’m delivered, here’s my story
Life and Favor upon me He brought me out
You don’t know it, let me tell it
Life and favor upon me He brought me out
God of Mercy He who loves me
Life and favor upon me He brought me out
Oh how wondrous is my story
Life and favor He brought me out
Can’t imagine what I’ve gone through
Life and favor upon me He brought me out
Can’t imagine what I’ve gone through
Can’t imagine.
[Key Change]
I’m delivered, here’s my story
Life and favor upon me He brought me out
You don’t know it, let me tell it
Life and favor upon me He brought me out
God of mercy He who loves me
Life and favor upon me He brought me out
Oh how wondrous is my story
Life and favor upon me He brought me out
Can’t imagine what I’ve gone through
Life and favor upon me He brought me out
I’m delivered, here’s my story
Life and favor upon me He brought me out
(Can’t imagine)
Can’t imagine what I’ve gone through
Life and favor upon me He brought me out
God of mercy, He who loves me
Life and favor upon me He brought me out
Oh how wondrous is my story
Life and favor upon me He brought me out
Can’t imagine what I’ve gone through
Life and favor upon me He brought me out
(Heyyyyy, hey, hey, hey)
Life and favor upon me – [Repeat Out]
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Meaning & Inspiration
Life And Favor frames deliverance as a personal testimony that outsiders cannot fully measure. The repeated statement that others do not know the story points to hidden anguish, guilt, trials, and bondage. Against that history, the song names God as faithful and celebrates freedom from condemnation. Grace, mercy, love, peace, life, and favor become evidence of a rescue that can now be openly declared.
The bridge draws directly on the language of Revelation 12:11 by joining testimony with the blood of the Lamb. Psalm 66:16 also fits the invitation to tell what God has done, while Hebrews 13:5 supports the confession that God will neither leave nor forsake his people. As the vamp repeats that God brought the singer out, private suffering becomes public praise. The song does not minimize what was endured; it places those experiences beside deliverance and allows the resulting testimony to carry its message of freedom.
Related Scripture
- Revelation 12:11 The faithful overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony.
- Psalm 66:16 The psalmist invites others to hear what God has done for him.
- Hebrews 13:5 God promises never to leave or forsake his people.