YOU CAME LOOKING FOR ME Written by Brian Ketchum [Verse 1] I knew the words to every prayer, Knew the verses people quote. Knew that Jesus loved the broken— I just never thought He meant me though. I could shake a hand on Sunday, Look a brother in the eye, Say, “I’m good, how’ve you been doing?” And get pretty good at lying. [Chorus] I thought my worst would make You leave. I thought my shame would make You turn. I thought I’d used up all the mercy A man like me deserved. So I hid where no one knew to look, Behind the man they thought they’d see. I quit looking for You, Jesus— But You came looking for me. [Verse 2] There are things I’ve never spoken, Things I’ve carried all these years. I got good at being strong enough That no one saw the fear. I kept waiting for Your anger. I’d already given myself enough. But You didn’t ask me to explain it. You just sat with me in the dust. [Chorus] I thought my worst would make You leave. I thought my shame would make You turn. I thought I’d used up all the mercy A man like me deserved. So I hid where no one knew to look, Till there wasn’t much left of me. I quit looking for You, Jesus— But You came looking for me. [Bridge] I wish I could say I found You On my knees beside my bed. But I wasn’t reaching up for Heaven. You reached down instead. [Final Chorus] I thought my worst would make You leave. That’s the lie that kept me gone. I thought I had to come back worthy— You just wanted me to come. And now when some tired brother says, “There’s no hope left for a man like me,” I don’t tell him how to find You. I tell him how You found me. [Outro] I spent years Trying to hide from God. Turns out… He knew every place I hid. And He came looking for me.
