Use Even Me

Song: Use Even Me

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”

— Ephesians 2:10 (ESV)

I’m going to be honest with you. When I wrote “I’ll go where You send me, I’ll stay when it costs,” part of me meant every syllable. And part of me knew I was writing something that I want to believe is me, but on Monday morning I might feel different.

I don’t think I’m the only one. If you’ve ever whispered “Use me, God” and then flinched when He started to, you know the tension. The inconvenient door. The awkward conversation. The person right in front of you who needs something you’d rather not give—your time, your comfort, your pride.

But Ephesians says we’re God’s workmanship—created for good works He prepared beforehand. Before you woke up reluctant this morning, He’d already laid something out for you. Not a stage. Just a Tuesday. Just a gas station counter. Just a hallway where a kid flinches when you smile.

This is my mission. Not because I’ve figured it out, but because God doesn’t ask for my competence. He asks for my ”yes”—shaky, honest, and probably going to mess it up. You don’t need a platform. You just need today.

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A Prayer

Jesus, I’m not going to pretend I’m always ready. But I’m here. Close the gap between what I sing and how I live. Send me where nobody’s going. Give me eyes for the people I’d normally walk past. And when it costs me something, remind me that You crossed the whole distance first. Use even me. Amen.

Lyrics:

VERSE 1
I wasn’t built for a quiet faith
Some Sunday-morning show
You didn’t save me just to sit here nodding
You said get up and go

You found me arguing with the ceiling
Three AM, still Yours somehow
And something in me broke like daylight
I can’t un-hear You now

PRE-CHORUS
If You’re alive in me
Then what am I still waiting for?

CHORUS
Make me Your hands to the world
Your voice where it’s quiet
Your love where it’s hard
Send me where nobody’s going
Wreck my plans for what wrecks Yours, God

I’ll go where You send me
I’ll stay when it costs
I’ll live what I swore I believed
If You’re building Your kingdom
In the mess and the now
Then Jesus, use even me

VERSE 2
There’s a woman at the gas station counter
Hasn’t looked up in a while
There’s a kid in the apartment hallway
Who flinches when I smile

You crossed the whole distance — heaven to gravel —
To show me how love moves
So every cracked sidewalk You walk me down
Is holy ground to You

PRE-CHORUS
If You’re alive in me
Then what am I still waiting for?

CHORUS
Make me Your hands to the world
Your voice where it’s quiet
Your love where it’s hard
Send me where nobody’s going
Wreck my plans for what wrecks Yours, God

I’ll go where You send me
I’ll stay when it costs
I’ll live what I swore I believed
If You’re building Your kingdom
In the mess and the now
Then Jesus, use even me

BRIDGE
Not my comfort
Not my reputation
Not my timeline
Just Yours

Every awkward conversation
Every inconvenient door

FINAL CHORUS
Make us Your hands to the world
Your church with its boots on
Your hope in the open
Living the things You actually said
Not just the easy ones

We’ll go where You send us
We’ll stay when it costs
We’ll live what we swore we believed
If You’re building Your kingdom
In the mess and the now
Then Jesus — yeah — use even me

OUTRO
I don’t have a platform
I just have today
But if You can use that
I’m not walking away

This is my calling
This is my why
I am Your witness
With my whole life

I won’t just believe it
I’ll live it out loud
If You’re building Your kingdom
I’m standing here now

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