This Day I Choose You (Reprise)

Lyrics

[Intro]

The day did not unfold
The way I thought it would
Some prayers stayed unanswered
Some news was not good

Still, evening finds me here
With one confession left to make

[Verse 1]

I chose You in the morning
Before the pressure came
Before the sharp conversation
Before the unexpected change

Now the light is leaving slowly
And I know what choosing means
It is more than one bright promise
Made while everything is clean

It is keeping my word in private
When resentment wants the room
It is blessing those who wounded me
Without calling evil good

It is closing what keeps pulling me
Toward the person I once was
It is standing in the consequence
And still believing in Your love

[Pre-Chorus]

The road has tested every lyric
But the vow remains

[Chorus]

This day, I choose You
After all this day has brought
After every hidden struggle
After every restless thought

This day, I choose You
With no guarantee of ease
You are still the truest answer
When the answer is not peace

This day, I choose You
And tomorrow, choose me too
Keep my will beneath Your wisdom
Keep my feet aligned with truth

[Verse 2]

I have learned that faith is often
Made of ordinary things
An apology without excuses
A temptation left unseen

A promise kept when no one checks it
A quiet "no" that costs
A hand released from old revenge
A willingness to take the loss

I used to think devotion
Would always feel like fire
Now I know it sometimes looks like
Not obeying every desire

And though I have not mastered
Every lesson from today
I can see where grace corrected me
Before I lost the way

[Pre-Chorus]

I am not the same believer
Who began this day

[Bridge]

Set before me
Life and death
Truth and compromise

Teach me not to call it freedom
When it slowly takes my life

Set before me
Pride and mercy
Self-protection, sacrifice

Let the choices no one witnesses
Still agree with Jesus Christ

As for me
And all entrusted
To the shelter of my name

We will not be ruled by appetite
Or shaped by fear and shame

We will choose the narrow wisdom
Even when the crowd refuses

[Breakdown]

At sunrise
At midnight

In plenty
In need

When praised
When forgotten

When certain
When weak

Not once
But daily

Not words
But truth

This day
I choose You

[Final Chorus]

This day, I choose You
Not the version I can use
Not a faith that serves my comfort
But the living, reigning You

This day, I choose You
Take the parts still unresolved
Let the years ahead keep proving
You were worth the daily cost

This day, I choose You
When the daylight starts anew
May the first breath of tomorrow
Find me choosing You

[Outro]

The day did not unfold
The way I thought it would

But I have reached the evening
Still convinced that You are good

This day
I chose You