WHO DO YOU SAY I AM?

They asked me who You were when the sun was shining brightWhen my pockets had some money and my future looked alrightI said “You’re my convenient Christ, my Sunday morning high”But I was just another hypocrite living out a lieI thought I knew You like I know my own reflectionThought faith was just another social media connectionPosted Bible verses while I’m rotting from insidePlaying church on Sunday, Monday crucified my prideWHO DO YOU SAY I AM?When the storm is ripping flesh and crushing soulsWHO DO YOU SAY I AM?When you’re choking on your blood in midnight holesCan’t really know Me till your bones are screaming BREAKCan’t really see Me till there’s nothing left to takeWHO DO YOU SAY I AM?Then the hurricane hit harder than a freight train to the chestLost my job, lost every dream I once possessedDaddy’s dying slowly, mama’s faith is wearing thinAnd that plastic Jesus couldn’t wash away my sinI’m bleeding on the steering wheel of this godforsaken roadCarrying more demons than my shattered spine can holdThe preacher’s words are poison when you’re burning aliveBut that’s when you discover if your God can really thriveTHREE AM SCREAMING, FIST THROUGH THE WALL“WHERE ARE YOU NOW?” I’M GIVING YOU MY ALLTHE WAVES ARE CRUSHING, LUNGS ARE FILLING UPAND JESUS IS SILENT WHILE I’M DROWNING IN THIS CUPBut then He ROSE UP in my chaos and COMMANDED “PEACE, BE STILL”Not the puppet I created, but the SOVEREIGN of all willMore than empty religion, more than Sunday’s fake paradeThe One who BLEEDS through hell with you is the only One who’s stayedNow I see You different since I’ve tasted death and flameYou’re not my comfortable companion – You’re the TERROR OF YOUR NAMEHad to lose my sanity just to find what’s real and trueThat you can’t know the HOLY till the HOLY shatters youPeter walked on chaos when he locked eyes with the DivineBut we all start drowning when we think Your power’s mineIt takes complete destruction to reveal we know NOTHING of graceTill we’re gasping “SAVE ME!” from that godforsaken placeNOW I KNOW WHO YOU ARE!You’re the VIOLENCE in the thunder, the FOURTH MAN in the flamesNOW I KNOW WHO YOU ARE!The death-destroyer, bone-resurrector, breaker of all chainsCouldn’t see You in my comfort, but I SEE YOU in my painThe One who saves the shattered, who makes beauty from the stainNOW I KNOW WHO YOU ARE!Yeah, they say if you’re going to heavenYou’re gonna crawl through hell to get thereBut the One who CONQUERED DEATHIs dragging you through – I swearSo when He asks you that questionAfter the blood has cleared the airYou’ll know EXACTLY who He is’Cause He met you in your worst nightmareWHO DO YOU SAY I AM? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit biblicalman.substack.com/subscribe