Not Better, Not Less

I sat out in the driveway, engine running

Practiced every word before the door

Trying to become what made them like me

Till I couldn't tell who I was anymore

Then a truth I'd known since I was little

Finally found its way into my chest

If the King of heaven calls me His child

I don't need to pass a stranger's test

No, I don't need the highest seat

And I don't have to disappear

There's a quiet kind of courage

When you know your Father's near

I'm not better, I'm not less

Not my failures or success

I don't need a throne, I don't need acclaim

My Father knows me and He calls my name

I can lift my head, I can bend my knee

Knowing who I am shows me Who I need

I didn't earn it, but I know what it is

I'm not better, I'm not less

I'm His

Comparison can build a ladder

Every rung is someone else's name

Look below and call yourself important

Look above and disappear in shame

But there are no rankings at my Father's table

Every chair was purchased by His grace

I can cheer when someone else is winning

Their light doesn't dim my place

No, I don't need the highest seat

And I don't have to disappear

There's a quiet kind of courage

When you know your Father's near

I'm not better, I'm not less

Not my failures or success

I don't need a throne, I don't need acclaim

My Father knows me and He calls my name

I can lift my head, I can bend my knee

Knowing who I am shows me Who I need

I didn't earn it, but I know what it is

I'm not better, I'm not less

I'm His

David didn't walk into that valley

Talking like the battle was his own

He was confident before the giant

'Cause he knew the God he'd always known

So if fear asks me who I think I am

I won't point to anything I've done

I'll say, I'm a child of the Father

And my Father is the Mighty One

I'm not better, I'm not less

Not my failures or success

I don't need a throne, I don't need acclaim

My Father knows me and He calls my name

I can lift my head, I can bend my knee

Knowing who I am shows me Who I need

I didn't earn it, but I know what it is

I'm not better, I'm not less

I'm His

Not above you

Not beneath

There's a place at the table

For you and me

Not better

Not less

We're His