Lyrics
Oh-oh-ohhh
Oh-oh-ohhh
If it was all about religion
What to do, what to say
What to wear on a Sunday
All about perfection
Black and white, wrong or right, never grey
Well, I'd never make it
I'd never be good enough (Oh-oh-ohhh)
I try to walk the line, pray that I'd find
Something that I knew was real
Began to realize, the harder I tried
The colder I'd start to feel
Until the moment, the second I met Your Love (Oh-oh-ohhh)
And then I threw my hands up, worries down
I remember when He showed me how
To break up with my doubt
Once I was lost, but now I'm found
No strings attached, when He saved my soul
I want you to know, the God I know
Oh, you gotta know, oh, the God I know
He is more than just a rescue
That's where it starts
Not where it ends, let freedom in
More than just a story, in the sky, wearing white
He's alive, in every moment
And now that I know this Love
(Oh-oh-ohhh)
I can throw my hands up, worries down
I remember when He showed me how
To break up, with my doubt
Once I was lost, but now I'm found
No strings attached, when He saved my soul
I want you to know, the God I know
Oh, you gotta know, oh, the God I know
What was I waiting for
I came alive when I let go
All I had was a broken heart
Then He held me in His arms
I can throw my hands up, worries down
I remember when He showed me how
To break up, with my doubt
Once I was lost, but now I'm found
No strings attached, when He saved my soul
I want you to know, the God I know
Oh, you gotta know, oh, the God I know
What was I waiting for
I came alive when I let go
All I had was a broken heart
Then He held me in His arms
What was I waiting for
I came alive when I let go
All I had was a broken heart
Then He held me in His arms
Oh-oh-ohhh, oh-oh-ohhh, oh-oh-ohhh
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Meaning & Inspiration
“The God I Know” contrasts rule-centered religion with a transforming encounter with divine love. The opening verses describe frustration with perfectionism and the coldness produced by trying to become good enough through effort. The turning point arrives when grace replaces anxiety: doubt loosens its hold, the lost person is found, and salvation is received without conditions.
The chorus uses raised hands and laid-down worries as signs of freedom and trust. Later lines insist that Christ is alive and active rather than merely a distant religious figure or story. Rescue is presented as a beginning that opens into an ongoing life of freedom. The image of a broken heart held in God’s arms adds tenderness to the song’s account of restoration. Its lost-and-found language clearly echoes Jesus’ parables in Luke 15, while the movement from burdensome striving to gracious salvation also fits the New Testament contrast between works and grace. Overall, the song celebrates relationship with God as living, personal, and restorative.
Related Scripture
- Luke 15:24 The father celebrates because the one who was lost has been found.
- Ephesians 2:8-9 Salvation is described as God’s gift rather than the result of works.
- Matthew 11:28-30 Jesus invites the burdened to find rest in Him.