I Don't Have To Understand

I've been turning it over in my head for what feels like a hundred nights

Trying to connect the dots myself, trying to make the pieces right

Every plan I laid fell through — every door I knocked stayed closed

And I'm starting to lose the thread of what I thought I knew — I suppose

That I'm not as in control as I believed when everything was fine

That my understanding has a ceiling — there's a wisdom above mine

And maybe that's not a failure, maybe that's the point of all this pain

To loosen my grip on my own map and let God hold the reins

I don't have to understand — I just have to trust

When the road goes dark and I can't see enough

He's directing every step even when I can't feel it

I don't need a full map — I just need His hand

Lean not on your own understanding — let go and let God

He'll make the crooked places straight and the rough places smooth

I don't have to understand — I just have to trust

I thought I was supposed to be further along by now

I thought I understood the plan — but God is bigger than my how

The job I wanted went to someone else, the relationship fell apart

But I've seen God work in stranger ways than the ones I've held in my heart

There's a peace that passes all understanding — I've read that verse before

But standing here in the uncertainty, I feel it like I haven't felt it more

He knows the end from the beginning — His ways are higher than mine

And everything I call a setback, He may be calling a sign

I don't have to understand — I just have to trust

When the road goes dark and I can't see enough

He's directing every step even when I can't feel it

I don't need a full map — I just need His hand

Lean not on your own understanding — let go and let God

He'll make the crooked places straight and the rough places smooth

I don't have to understand — I just have to trust

What if the detour is the destination?

What if the waiting is the preparation?

What if the door that closed was just protection

And the one He's opening is more than I expected?

I choose to trust You, Lord, when I can't trace Your hand

I choose to believe there's a purpose in what I don't understand

You are the Author — I'm just a chapter

You see the whole story when I can barely see the page

Lord, I trust You — I trust You — I trust You

Lead me through — lead me through — lead me through

I don't have to understand — I just have to trust

When the road goes dark and I can't see enough

He's directing every step even when I can't feel it

I don't need a full map — I just need His hand

Trust in the Lord with all of your heart

In all your ways acknowledge Him

He'll direct your path — He'll direct your path

I don't have to understand — I just have to trust