Lyrics
You must
You must think I’m strong
To give me what I’m going through
Well, forgive me
Forgive me if I’m wrong
But this looks like more than I can do
On my own
I know I’m not strong enough to be
Everything that I’m supposed to be
I give up
I’m not strong enough
Hands of mercy won’t you cover me
Lord right now I’m asking you to be
Strong enough
Strong enough
For the both of us
Yeah
Well, maybe
Maybe that’s the point
To reach the point of giving up
‘Cause when I’m finally
Finally at rock bottom
Well, that’s when I start looking up
And reaching out
I know I’m not strong enough to be
Everything that I’m supposed to be
I give up
I’m not strong enough
Hands of mercy won’t you cover me
Lord right now I’m asking you to be
Strong enough
Strong enough
‘Cause I’m broken
Down to nothing
But I’m still holding on to the one thing
You are God and
You are strong when
I am weak
I can do all things
Through Christ who gives me strength
And I don’t have to be
I don’t have to be strong enough
Strong enough
I can do all things
Through Christ who gives me strength
And I don’t have to be
Strong enough
Strong enough
Oh, yeah
I know I’m not strong enough to be
Everything that I’m supposed to be
I give up
I’m not strong enough
Hands of mercy won’t you cover me
Lord right now I’m asking you to be
Strong enough
Strong enough
Strong enough
Songwriters: Matthew West
Strong Enough lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc
About This Song
"I've faced a seemingly impossible situation or two in my life, and found myself having candid conversations with God. God, are you sure you got the right guy here? God, I can't do this on my own. And therein lies the point of it all. We can't do it on our own. Nothing is possible without God. But we can do all things through Christ who gives us strength. Philippians 4:13 has been a significant piece of Scripture in my life, and one that I have to be reminded of time and time again. "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength," and I don't have to be strong enough.
In my life, I've been amazed to see the lengths that God will go to draw us closer to Him. It sounds gentle, to draw near to God. Some of the ways that God has drawn me closer is to allow things to happen in my life. Everything that happens in our lives--good and bad--goes through God first. Not that He makes them happen to us, but allows them to happen. If He's going to allow something to happen, we need to draw closer to Him.
I put into lyrics something I've learned daily which is why does it take life throwing me a curve ball, brought to my knees and helpless? Sometimes for stubborn people like me it takes those extreme circumstances to remind me that I wasn't created to live this life in my own strength. There's power in our stories, we aren't the source of that power. There's a greater power source that brings the true power. In our weakness, God's strength is perfect!"
- Matthew West