He Didn't Need Their

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# HE DIDN’T NEED THEIR PERMISSION

[Intro]

[Hard Hammond B3 riff, live drums, bass groove, brass accents]

[Lead]
Some of y’all are still waiting
on people to approve
what God already told you to do.

Hear me—

He didn’t need their permission.

[Choir]
No, He didn’t!

[Lead]
He didn’t need the vote!

[Choir]
No, He didn’t!

[Lead]
He didn’t need everybody
to understand it!

[Choir]
No, He didn’t!

[Verse 1]

[Lead]
They had meetings without me
Made decisions before I came
Some had already picked their favorite
Some never learned my name

I could’ve spent my whole life
trying to make them see
But God had another table
they couldn’t keep from me

[Choir]
God made room!

[Lead]
They didn’t recommend me

[Choir]
God made room!

[Lead]
They didn’t expect me

[Choir]
God made room!

[Lead]
And when the time came,
God didn’t ask them—

[Choir]
Can I bless him?

[Chorus]

[Lead]
He didn’t need their permission!

[Choir]
God did it anyway!

[Lead]
Didn’t need their agreement!

[Choir]
God did it anyway!

[Lead]
They could talk all night!

[Choir]
God did it anyway!

[Lead]
They could count me out!

[Choir]
God did it anyway!

[Lead]
If the Lord said move—

[Choir]
MOVE!

[Lead]
If the Lord opened it—

[Choir]
GO!

[Verse 2]

[Lead]
Joseph had brothers
who thought the pit would end his story

Sold him off,
walked away,
thought they had buried his future

But Genesis 50:20 says,
“Ye thought evil against me;
but God meant it unto good”

[Choir]
God meant it for good!

[Lead]
Same people who tried to stop it
couldn’t stop the plan

[Choir]
Couldn’t stop it!

[Lead]
Because when God has purpose
He is not limited by man

[Choir]
Couldn’t stop it!

[Minister Break]

[Band drops to organ and kick]

[Lead]
Listen carefully.

This is not permission
to become arrogant.

This is not,
“I don’t need anybody.”

God uses people.

God sends counsel.

God gives authority.

But there is a difference
between godly counsel
and somebody trying to control
what God assigned to you.

Some people won’t understand
until after obedience produces fruit.

So stop spending all your strength
trying to convince people
who were never called
to understand the assignment.

Romans 8:31 says,
“If God be for us,
who can be against us?”

[Choir]
Who can be against us?

[Lead]
Not because opposition disappears.

But because opposition
doesn’t outrank God.

[Choir]
That’s the Word!

[Chorus]

[Lead]
He didn’t need their permission!

[Choir]
God did it anyway!

[Lead]
They said I wasn’t ready!

[Choir]
God did it anyway!

[Lead]
They said it wasn’t my time!

[Choir]
God did it anyway!

[Lead]
They said it wouldn’t work!

[Choir]
God did it anyway!

[Lead]
And somehow I’m standing
in what they said I’d never see!

[Choir]
God did it anyway!

[Drive]

[Lead]
They talked!

[Choir]
God kept moving!

[Lead]
They doubted!

[Choir]
God kept moving!

[Lead]
They laughed!

[Choir]
God kept moving!

[Lead]
They walked away!

[Choir]
God kept moving!

[Lead]
They closed one door!

[Choir]
God kept moving!

[Lead]
They took my name off!

[Choir]
God kept moving!

[Lead]
They thought that settled it!

[Choir]
GOD KEPT MOVING!

[Lead]
And when God said yes—

[Choir]
That settled it!

[Lead]
When God made room—

[Choir]
That settled it!

[Lead]
When God gave peace—

[Choir]
That settled it!

[Lead]
When God said go—

[Choir]
THAT SETTLED IT!

[Final Vamp]

[Lead]
I don’t need everybody clapping!

[Choir]
Just obey God!

[Lead]
I don’t need everybody agreeing!

[Choir]
Just obey God!

[Lead]
I don’t need everybody understanding!

[Choir]
Just obey God!

[Lead]
But I do need to know
that I heard Him right!

[Choir]
Seek the Lord!

[Lead]
Pray first!

[Choir]
Seek the Lord!

[Lead]
Check the Word!

[Choir]
Seek the Lord!

[Lead]
Then when He gives direction—

[Choir]
OBEY THE LORD!

[Outro]

[Lead]
They may never understand
why God chose that road.

They may never understand
why He chose you.

That’s all right.

Your assignment
was never to win everybody over.

Your assignment
was to obey.

And when God decided to move—

[Choir]
HE DIDN’T NEED THEIR PERMISSION!

[Lead]
No, He didn’t.

[Choir]
GOD DID IT ANYWAY!