I Know Who Answered Me

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# I KNOW WHO ANSWERED ME

[Intro]

[Warm Hammond B3, rolling gospel piano, deep bass, live drums]

[Lead]
I called some people first.

[Choir]
Mm-hmm!

[Lead]
I asked some folks what they thought.

[Choir]
Mm-hmm!

[Lead]
I searched for answers everywhere.

But when the real answer came—

I knew who sent it.

[Choir]
I know who answered me!

[Verse 1]

[Lead]
I had people tell me,
“Give it time”

Others said,
“Just let it go”

Somebody said,
“If I were you...”

But they didn’t really know

I went home with more questions
Than I had when the day began

Then I got quiet before the Lord
And put it all in His hands

[Choir]
In His hands!

[Lead]
And somewhere in that prayer—

[Choir]
He answered!

[Lead]
Somewhere in that waiting—

[Choir]
He answered!

[Lead]
When everybody else ran out of words—

[Choir]
He answered!

[Chorus]

[Lead]
I know who answered me!

[Choir]
Jesus did!

[Lead]
I know who heard my cry!

[Choir]
Jesus did!

[Lead]
I know who came through for me!

[Choir]
Jesus did!

[Lead]
Nobody has to convince me!

[Choir]
Jesus did!

[Lead]
I sought the Lord—

[Choir]
And He heard me!

[Lead]
And delivered me—

[Choir]
From all my fears!

[Verse 2]

[Lead]
Psalm 34 says,
“I sought the Lord,
and he heard me”

That scripture hits different
when you’ve actually had to seek Him

When your phone stayed quiet

[Choir]
Seek Him!

[Lead]
When nobody called back

[Choir]
Seek Him!

[Lead]
When your own ideas failed

[Choir]
Seek Him!

[Lead]
When you finally admitted,
“Lord, I don’t know what to do”

[Choir]
Seek Him!

[Lead]
And He answered
in a way I couldn’t manufacture

Not always with what I wanted

But always with what I needed

[Choir]
Thank You, Lord!

[Minister Break]

[Band drops to organ and piano]

[Lead]
Some of us pray
after we’ve tried everything else.

We call everybody.

We replay the conversation.

We make five plans.

We lose sleep.

Then finally we say,
“Lord, help me.”

And mercy still answers.

Psalm 120 says,
“In my distress
I cried unto the Lord,
and he heard me.”

So I came to tell somebody—

He heard you.

That prayer you whispered
when nobody else knew you were struggling—

He heard it.

That prayer you couldn’t finish—

He heard it.

That prayer that was nothing
but “Jesus, help me”—

He heard it.

[Choir]
He heard me!

[Lead]
When I couldn’t explain it—

[Choir]
He heard me!

[Lead]
When I didn’t have the words—

[Choir]
He heard me!

[Lead]
When all I could say was His name—

[Choir]
He heard me!

[Chorus]

[Lead]
I know who answered me!

[Choir]
Jesus did!

[Lead]
I know who heard my cry!

[Choir]
Jesus did!

[Lead]
When my strength got low!

[Choir]
Jesus did!

[Lead]
When my faith got weak!

[Choir]
Jesus did!

[Lead]
I sought the Lord—

[Choir]
And He heard me!

[Lead]
And delivered me—

[Choir]
From all my fears!

[Drive]

[Lead]
Who gave you peace?

[Choir]
Jesus did!

[Lead]
Who gave you wisdom?

[Choir]
Jesus did!

[Lead]
Who stopped you from making
the wrong move?

[Choir]
Jesus did!

[Lead]
Who gave you strength
to get through that week?

[Choir]
Jesus did!

[Lead]
Who opened that door?

[Choir]
Jesus did!

[Lead]
Who closed the wrong one?

[Choir]
Jesus did!

[Lead]
Who heard you crying?

[Choir]
Jesus did!

[Lead]
Who stayed when everybody left?

[Choir]
JESUS DID!

[Final Vamp]

[Lead]
I know!

[Choir]
Who answered me!

[Lead]
I know!

[Choir]
Who answered me!

[Lead]
It wasn’t luck!

[Choir]
Jesus did!

[Lead]
It wasn’t chance!

[Choir]
Jesus did!

[Lead]
I called His name!

[Choir]
Jesus!

[Lead]
He heard my prayer!

[Choir]
Jesus!

[Lead]
He gave me peace!

[Choir]
Jesus!

[Lead]
And I’m still standing!

[Choir]
Jesus!

[Outro]

[Lead]
So when they ask me,
“How did you make it?”

I’m not giving them
a complicated answer.

I prayed.

He heard me.

And I know who answered.

[Choir]
JESUS DID!

[Lead]
I know who answered me!

[Choir]
JESUS DID!