I Have A New Name Lyrics

God spends a lot of time in the Bible

Telling us who we are

It's almost as if He knew that we would doubt

Who that was from time to time

It's as if He saw it coming

That we'd spend our whole lives searching

For what our identity

What our real name was

And that there'd be many moments in our lives

Where we'd let different kinds of names define us

When we've looked in the mirror

Compared ourselves to pictures

And heard the name, Ugly

When we've been left by loved ones

People we trusted once

And heard the name, Unworthy

When we've been drowning in discouragement

Living in a seemingly never-ending crisis

And heard the name, Forgotten

When we've had our hopes up and our hearts open

Only to be brought down by closed doors

And we've heard, Rejected

When we've looked for infinite, affirming love

Through lesser, physical, fleshly versions

When we gave it away or when it was stolen

And we heard, Impure, we heard, Garbage

When we go to other vices to ease our pain

And we hear, Addict, we hear, Forever Broken

When we feel like we're living in the shadow of someone else's calling

And we hear, Second Place

When our pain cripples us to a point where we don't even know how to let others in

And we hear, Lonely

When our past seems too gross for others to forgive

And we hear, Disgusting

It's overwhelming

These voices we're constantly hearing

It's suffocating

This air of constant critique and comparing

And it's sort of amazing

The people whose voices I've allowed to name me

The power I've given to my past, to my mirror, and to my surroundings

And enabled them to identify me

The amount of years I've spent living up to whatever others say about me

But God says something else about me

It's like He knew there would be other voices

So He wrote His voice down in a timeless

Book of Truths that would remind us

Over and over again

In the moments when lies would block His truths

And somehow make us forget

So I'm going back to the Source

Not the people I've allowed to represent God to me

But the actual, literal, tangible words that He has written down for me

And there's some other names He's given to me

John 15:15

He calls me, Friend

1 Thessalonians 1:4

He calls me, Chosen

Ephesians 2:10

He calls me, His Masterpiece

He calls me His art, He calls me hand-made

He calls me purposed and fashioned for good things

1 Corinthians 6:19

He calls my body, A Temple

He calls it the residence of the Holy Spirit

Acts 1:8

He calls me, His Messenger to the World

Galatians 3:26

He calls me, His Child

Romans 5:8

He calls me, Greatly Loved

John 8:36

He calls me, Free, Free Indeed

2 Corinthians 5:17

He calls me, Brand New

And it's amazing how different these names are from the names I'm used to listening to

And in my journey to discover who I really am

In my battle to uncover the truths of myself

I've learned something new about my name, and now this is what I am certain of

My name is not the name the world calls me

My name is not the name my past calls me

My name is not even the name my own mirror calls me

But my name

My name is the name I choose to answer to

And I can choose today

From this moment forward

To answer to a new name

When I hear, Lonely

That's not me

When I hear, Disgusting

That's not me

When I hear, Unworthy

I don't even look over my shoulder

When I hear, Broken

They must have confused me

Please, look elsewhere

When I hear, Ugly, Abandoned, Useless, Forgotten

I figure someone just has to remind them

Maybe those were my old names

But they're no longer the names that I will respond to

My name is the name I have chosen to spend my days living up to

And if these other voices

Are not saying the same thing

That the Truth is

I look in my mirror and I repeat this

They have no right to be speaking to you

When you stop answering to all your old names

They stop having power over you

The names that my Father

Eternity's Author

The world's Creator

Has called me

Are the only names that I answer to

When I hear, Friend of God

That's my name

Chosen

That's my name

Loved, Wanted, Created with a Purpose

That's my name

God's Messenger

That's my name

God's Masterpiece

That's my name

Child of God

You must be looking for me

Greatly Loved

You must be calling for me

Brand New

That is my name, so that is a name that will I respond to

The Enemy has no power here

Perfect Love casts out all fear

And Perfect Love has named me and you

So what is your new name

What is stirring up inside of you

When you hear these words, that His Word

That the Word has proclaimed

What do you know is the name God is calling you

Maybe it's not the name you grew up with

Maybe it's not the name your old friends associate you with

Maybe it's not the name that your whole life you were used to identifying with

But it's the name you now answer to

So when the Enemy tries to get to you

It's just the name you introduce yourself with

As for me, my name is Forgiven, my name is Free, my name is Brand New

Loved, Wanted, Child of God, Created with a Purpose

And it's been a pleasure to meet you