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Tim Timmons - You Are Good Lyrics

Artist:
Tim Timmons

Lyrics

Verse 1


Pieces shatter
Questions unanswered
I'm broken and weathered
You hold me together


Chorus


Even in the battle You are good You are good
Even in the struggles I have never understood
Be it joy or pain, still my life will say
You are God and You are good


Verse 2


And You say You want me
And You say You love me
So I'll trust You with this day
And I'll trust You to lead the way


Chorus (Repeat)


Bridge


I'll praise You not that I have to
Not that I ought to but that I may


Chorus (Repeat x2)


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Meaning & Inspiration

"You Are Good" opens with fragmented imagery, shattered pieces and unanswered questions, naming brokenness directly before crediting God with holding those scattered pieces together. That honest admission of fragmentation frames the entire song's declaration of goodness as spoken from within difficulty rather than after it has passed.

Its chorus repeats a central claim twice in a row, God is good even in battle and even in struggles never fully understood, treating that repetition as necessary insistence rather than simple restatement. A bridge clarifies the motive behind that praise, offered not from obligation but from something closer to privilege, praising because one may rather than merely must.

Rooted in contemporary worship's confessional anthem tradition, the song functions as a declaration of God's goodness held steady regardless of joy or pain, its closing choruses repeating that same settled conclusion, naming trust extended to an unknown future as the practical outworking of a goodness already declared certain.

Related Scripture

  • Romans 8:28 Describes God working all things for good, echoed in the song's declaration that God is good even in unexplained struggle.
  • Habakkuk 3:17-18 Describes rejoicing in God despite hardship, echoed in the song's declaration that life will say God is good whether in joy or pain.