J.J. Hairston - You Get The Glory Lyrics
Lyrics
Here is my life
Be glorified, be glorified
Here is my life
Be glorified, be glorified
Here is my life
Be glorified, be glorified
You get the glory
You get the praise
You take the honor
I just wanna say thank You (Thank You)
You get the glory
You get the praise
You take the honor
I just wanna say thank You (Thank You)
You get the glory
You get the praise
You take the honor
I just wanna say thank You (Thank You)
Thank You (Thank You)
Thank You Lord (Thank You)
Here is my life
Be magnified, be magnified
Here is my life
Be lifted up, be lifted up
Here is my life
Be lifted up, be lifted up
Video
You Get The Glory feat. Timothy Reddick (Official Video) | JJ Hairston
Meaning & Inspiration
J.J. Hairston brings us back to the basics of why we exist with the track You Get The Glory, which hit the airwaves on July 26, 2019, as part of the Miracle Worker album. It is easy to get caught up in the noise of modern life or the frantic search for personal success, but this song acts as a spiritual reset button. When Hairston sings, Here is my life, he is echoing the call of the Apostle Paul in Romans 12:1, where we are instructed to present our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is our reasonable service. This is not about us getting a pat on the back or accumulating earthly accolades; it is a total surrender of the ego.
The core of the song centers on the act of giving back what rightfully belongs to the Creator. By repeating the lines, You get the glory, you get the praise, and you take the honor, the song pulls us away from the trap of self-worship. Revelation 4:11 gives us the clear mandate for this stance: You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power. We are essentially stewards of our own existence, and every breath, talent, and moment of joy is a debt of gratitude we owe to the One who sustained us. When we stop trying to steal the spotlight for ourselves, we finally find the peace that comes from knowing our place in the kingdom.
Hairston shifts the posture of the song toward magnification and lifting up, which mirrors the humility found in John 3:30, where John the Baptist declares, He must increase, but I must decrease. To ask that God be magnified in our lives is to pray that our own shadows shrink until only His light remains visible to the world. We are not just singing empty words; we are declaring a state of war against our own pride. This track strips away the complexities of religious performance and returns us to the simplicity of a grateful heart. We were made to reflect His radiance, not generate our own, and once you stop trying to be the sun, you are finally free to be the moon.