Kari Jobe - The More I Seek You Lyrics

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Kari Jobe - The More I Seek You w/lyrics

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The air in here still tastes like the street—exhaust, cheap whiskey, and the kind of cold that sinks into your bones when you haven't slept in a bed for weeks. I didn’t come back because I had it figured out. I came back because the hunger was finally louder than the pride.

When Kari Jobe sings about wanting to “lay back against you and breath, feel your heart beat,” it messes me up. It feels dangerous. For the longest time, I thought that kind of closeness was for the ones who stayed, the ones who kept their clothes clean and their hands folded in their laps. I’m standing here with dirt under my nails and a history I can’t scrub off, and she’s talking about resting against the chest of God like he’s a brother or a father who doesn't mind the grime.

It’s scandalous, honestly. I keep waiting for the rejection, for someone to tell me to stand in the back until I’ve earned a seat. But the lyric says, “this love is so deep, it's more than I can stand.” And that’s the thing—I can’t stand it. It’s too much weight. It’s the way the father in Luke 15 didn't wait for the speech about being a hired hand. He just ran. He didn't care about the smell on me, he didn't care about the wasted inheritance. He just pulled me in.

I’m still twitchy. My instincts are still set to run, to look for the exit, to assume the kindness is a trap. Sitting at someone's feet feels vulnerable. It means you aren't ready to bolt. It means you’re choosing to be still, even if the world outside is still screaming.

“The more I seek you, the more I find you.” That’s a strange promise. You’d think the seeking would be the hard part, the chasing after a ghost. But it’s the finding that scares me. To be found is to be seen, and I’ve spent years trying to be invisible so nobody would see the wreckage. If I’m found, I have to stop running. If I’m found, I have to deal with the fact that I’m actually loved while I’m still a mess.

I’m sitting here, trying to slow my heart rate down, trying to believe that I’m allowed to lean back. I don’t know how to act in this space yet. Everything is too bright, too quiet. But if that heartbeat is real—if it’s actually thumping against my shoulder—then maybe the smoke doesn't have to be the last thing that defines me. Maybe I don’t have to stay the person who walked away.

I don’t know if I’m home yet, or if I’m just resting in the doorway, afraid to cross the threshold. But for right now, the beat is steady. And that’s enough to keep me from walking back out into the dark.