Check the Record

Lyrics

# YOU BETTER CHECK THE RECORD

[Intro]

[Hammond B3 riff, tight drums, bass walking hard underneath]

[Lead]
Hold on—
Before you tell me what God won’t do,
you better check the record!

[Choir]
Check the record!

[Lead]
Before you say it can’t turn around—

[Choir]
Check the record!

[Lead]
Before you let one bad week
erase everything He already did—

[Choir]
Check the record!

[Verse 1]

[Lead]
I remember doors with my name nowhere on them
Still somehow I walked through
I remember days I had more month than money
Still somehow He pulled me through

I remember people making promises
Then changing when the pressure came
But every time everybody disappeared
God was still the same

[Choir]
Same God!
Same God!

[Lead]
That’s why I don’t panic
every time trouble knocks

I’ve got history with Him

[Choir]
History!

[Lead]
I’ve got evidence with Him

[Choir]
Evidence!

[Lead]
I’ve got too many answered prayers
to let one problem make me forget!

[Chorus]

[Lead]
You better check the record!

[Choir]
Check the record!

[Lead]
He brought me out before!

[Choir]
Check the record!

[Lead]
Made a way before!

[Choir]
Check the record!

[Lead]
Opened doors before!

[Choir]
Check the record!

[Lead]
If you wanna know why I still believe—

[Choir]
Check the record!

[Lead]
I’m not running on emotion!

[Choir]
Check the record!

[Lead]
I’m standing on what I’ve seen!

[Choir]
Check the record!

[Verse 2]

[Lead]
Israel stood with water in front of them
Pharaoh closing in behind
No bridge, no boat, no human answer
But God already had a design

Exodus 14 says,
“The Lord shall fight for you”

And when Moses stretched that rod,
what looked impossible opened up

[Choir]
Opened up!

[Lead]
So don’t tell me God needs
conditions to be perfect

[Choir]
No!

[Lead]
Don’t tell me He needs
everybody on my side

[Choir]
No!

[Lead]
Sometimes He’ll let the situation
get impossible enough
so nobody can take His credit!

[Choir]
That’s God!

[Minister Break]

[Band drops to organ and drums]

[Lead]
Somebody listening right now
has been staring at what went wrong
so long
you forgot what already went right.

You remember the rejection
but forgot the protection.

You remember what left
but forgot what God kept.

You remember the prayer
that hasn’t been answered yet,
but forgot the twenty
He already answered.

Psalm 77 says,
“I will remember the works of the Lord.”

Sometimes faith ain’t about finding
something new.

Sometimes you need to remember
what you already know.

[Choir]
Remember!

[Lead]
Remember when He kept you!

[Choir]
Remember!

[Lead]
Remember when He warned you!

[Choir]
Remember!

[Lead]
Remember when you thought
you weren’t gonna make it!

[Choir]
Remember!

[Lead]
And somehow—

[Choir]
You made it!

[Chorus]

[Lead]
You better check the record!

[Choir]
Check the record!

[Lead]
He brought me out before!

[Choir]
Check the record!

[Lead]
Made a way before!

[Choir]
Check the record!

[Lead]
Healed what was broken!

[Choir]
Check the record!

[Lead]
Kept me when I was wrong!

[Choir]
Check the record!

[Lead]
Covered me when I didn’t know
I needed covering!

[Choir]
Check the record!

[Drive]

[Lead]
Red Sea!

[Choir]
He opened it!

[Lead]
Jericho!

[Choir]
He brought it down!

[Lead]
Daniel!

[Choir]
He shut the lions!

[Lead]
Three Hebrew boys!

[Choir]
He got in the fire!

[Lead]
Lazarus!

[Choir]
He called him out!

[Lead]
Peter in jail!

[Choir]
He opened the door!

[Lead]
And what about you?

[Choir]
He did it for me!

[Lead]
Say it again!

[Choir]
He did it for me!

[Lead]
Not somebody else!

[Choir]
He did it for me!

[Lead]
That’s why I know!

[Choir]
He’ll do it again!

[Lead]
That’s why I trust Him!

[Choir]
He’ll do it again!

[Lead]
That’s why I won’t quit!

[Choir]
He’ll do it again!

[Lead]
That’s why I still pray!

[Choir]
He’ll do it again!

[Final Vamp]

[Lead]
Check the record!

[Choir]
He’s been faithful!

[Lead]
Check the record!

[Choir]
He’s been faithful!

[Lead]
When I was faithful—

[Choir]
He was faithful!

[Lead]
When I wasn’t faithful—

[Choir]
He was faithful!

[Lead]
When I understood—

[Choir]
He was faithful!

[Lead]
When I didn’t understand—

[Choir]
He was faithful!

[Lead]
So before you bury your hope
over one chapter—

[Choir]
Check the record!

[Lead]
Before you walk away
because this season got hard—

[Choir]
Check the record!

[Lead]
Before you decide God forgot you—

[Choir]
Check the record!

[Lead]
He has never needed
your situation to look good
to still be God!

[Choir]
CHECK THE RECORD!

[Outro]

[Lead]
I’ve got history.
I’ve got evidence.
I’ve got a record.

And the record says—

[Choir]
HE’S BEEN FAITHFUL!

[Lead]
Say it again!

[Choir]
HE’S BEEN FAITHFUL!

[Lead]
That’s enough for me.

[Choir]
Check the record!