Jesus believes in you

The lyrics below were written by our son a few years ago. The title may raise a few doctrinal eyebrows, but if you read it through you will see how it makes perfect sense. The song encourages us not to have faith in ourselves, but to have faith in God's purpose for us and in the sufficiency of His Son's life in us.

Jesus Believes in You

He kneels down to wash their feet,
They know not what he sees
The night before He dies,
The next day to be crucified
And they wonder why
As He looks up at these men,
They are broken, imperfect reflections
But He doesn’t just see them as they are
He looks on past the scars
Sees who they can be,
When He dies and sets them free

Jesus believes in you,
Jesus can see right through,
He sees past the pain
Past the guilt and shame
Jesus believes in you

After the deed is done,
After Satan thinks he’s won
The disciples run away,
Hide in fear and shame
Peter was one of them
Back to the nets he went.
What kind of man was he?
Denying his Lord times three

Jesus believed in him
Called him to feed his sheep
He looked beyond his pain
Past his guilt and shame

Jesus believed in him
Saw who he could be
That in His name
Peter could set men free
Jesus believed in him

So what are you going to do?
When you screw up, without a clue?
Will you turn your back and run?
Or will you stop and face the Son?
Will you dwell on your shame?
Or will you find hope in Jesus’ name?
Look and see the truth
Jesus sees life and Him in you
Jesus believes in you

- Carl Garber, 2006

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant...

II Cor. 3:5,6