Song Details
Song name: "You Are The One"
© October 30, 2004
Recordings: Non-Studio
Connect: What does this song mean to you?
© October 30, 2004
Recordings: Non-Studio
Connect: What does this song mean to you?
Lyrics 
Verse 1:
Lord, I know that I'm not half the man I need to be
And I know that You are working right inside of me
Let me know how to receive the one I'm called to be more like
Many things have blocked my vision from Your way of life
I feel that I'm the reason for this losing fight
God, I pray for You to take me in and show me the light of life.
Bridge:
Whoa, free me from myself (2x)
Verse 2:
All the fruits that I am to receive, I cannot earn
My endeavors cannot lead to what I need to learn
But I know Your Spirit graces me and I stand firm in You
All the love that I will ever need, the joy and peace
The patience and the kindness You are to increase
I am good and gentle and controlled, and I believe in You.
(Bridge)
Chorus:
You are the One working in me and I can clearly see that
You are the One working in me when I could barely see You
You are the One working in me, oh Spirit come and set me free!
You are the One working in me and I can clearly see that
You are the One working in me when I could barely see You
You are the One working in me, oh Spirit come and set me free!
(Instrumental)
Verse 3:
And so after all is said and done, here I stand
While I'm resting in the comfort of my Father's hands
We can all enjoy receiving what the Spirit can supply
(Bridge)
(Chorus(2x))
"You Are The One" written by Ryan Kavalsky, © October 30, 2004
Lord, I know that I'm not half the man I need to be
And I know that You are working right inside of me
Let me know how to receive the one I'm called to be more like
Many things have blocked my vision from Your way of life
I feel that I'm the reason for this losing fight
God, I pray for You to take me in and show me the light of life.
Bridge:
Whoa, free me from myself (2x)
Verse 2:
All the fruits that I am to receive, I cannot earn
My endeavors cannot lead to what I need to learn
But I know Your Spirit graces me and I stand firm in You
All the love that I will ever need, the joy and peace
The patience and the kindness You are to increase
I am good and gentle and controlled, and I believe in You.
(Bridge)
Chorus:
You are the One working in me and I can clearly see that
You are the One working in me when I could barely see You
You are the One working in me, oh Spirit come and set me free!
You are the One working in me and I can clearly see that
You are the One working in me when I could barely see You
You are the One working in me, oh Spirit come and set me free!
(Instrumental)
Verse 3:
And so after all is said and done, here I stand
While I'm resting in the comfort of my Father's hands
We can all enjoy receiving what the Spirit can supply
(Bridge)
(Chorus(2x))
"You Are The One" written by Ryan Kavalsky, © October 30, 2004
Description
Verse 1:
I see that I'm not what I'm supposed to be - neither as a Christian nor as a man. These lyrics were begun right after a situation where I did not exercise Christian love towards a sister in Christ, and this is a prayer to receive God's guidance in this situation.
Verse 2:
The fruits of the Spirit are not sold at the fruit stand, so I can't buy them anywhere. These are only acquired through opening our spirits to God's. Just by doing that, we are given love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
Verse 3:
Singing all of the song leading up to this part has me resting comfortably in God's arms open to receiving his grace via his fruit of the Spirit.
Bridge:
This is a quick prayer to realize that God is working in me, not me in myself.
Chorus:
God is the only one that can fix me. He works in me and I am freed from myself - I am no longer prompted to work on my own accord, but it's God working on his.
Overall:
It's so difficult to improve upon yourself by your own strength. Just like the gardener in the story, if we keep trying to pick all of our weeds, eventually the firstly-plucked will sprout again as we're a few feet down the row. The only way to remove these weeds for good is to let God's Spirit do it for us. We have to surrender our garden to him and him alone. By opening up our spirit to God's, we will receive what God has to offer us - the fruits of the Spirit. That's a heck of a lot easier and tons more powerful than trying to do it on your own!
Galatians 5:22-23
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law."
The Story of the Gardener
There once was a gardener who went out to his garden one day and noticed that weeds had taken over his garden overnight. He really wanted the best for his garden and he knew what needed to be done to fix it, so he went ahead and began to do all he knew how. He began at the nearest edge picking out the weeds from among the vegetables, but by the time he got a few feet deep into the garden the weeds at the closest edge began to grow back. You see, while he was focusing on fixing the next step, he couldn't keep watch over what he did in the first place.
Only God can really take the weeds out of our garden. By God's Spirit, they are uprooted and our garden is maintained beautifully. The gardener will get nowhere on his own, but with God's Spirit, his garden will grow into exactly what God has designed it to be.
Isaiah 53:11
"After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light of life and be satisfied."
"You Are The One" written by Ryan Kavalsky, © October 30, 2004
I see that I'm not what I'm supposed to be - neither as a Christian nor as a man. These lyrics were begun right after a situation where I did not exercise Christian love towards a sister in Christ, and this is a prayer to receive God's guidance in this situation.
Verse 2:
The fruits of the Spirit are not sold at the fruit stand, so I can't buy them anywhere. These are only acquired through opening our spirits to God's. Just by doing that, we are given love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
Verse 3:
Singing all of the song leading up to this part has me resting comfortably in God's arms open to receiving his grace via his fruit of the Spirit.
Bridge:
This is a quick prayer to realize that God is working in me, not me in myself.
Chorus:
God is the only one that can fix me. He works in me and I am freed from myself - I am no longer prompted to work on my own accord, but it's God working on his.
Overall:
It's so difficult to improve upon yourself by your own strength. Just like the gardener in the story, if we keep trying to pick all of our weeds, eventually the firstly-plucked will sprout again as we're a few feet down the row. The only way to remove these weeds for good is to let God's Spirit do it for us. We have to surrender our garden to him and him alone. By opening up our spirit to God's, we will receive what God has to offer us - the fruits of the Spirit. That's a heck of a lot easier and tons more powerful than trying to do it on your own!
Galatians 5:22-23
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law."
The Story of the Gardener
There once was a gardener who went out to his garden one day and noticed that weeds had taken over his garden overnight. He really wanted the best for his garden and he knew what needed to be done to fix it, so he went ahead and began to do all he knew how. He began at the nearest edge picking out the weeds from among the vegetables, but by the time he got a few feet deep into the garden the weeds at the closest edge began to grow back. You see, while he was focusing on fixing the next step, he couldn't keep watch over what he did in the first place.
Only God can really take the weeds out of our garden. By God's Spirit, they are uprooted and our garden is maintained beautifully. The gardener will get nowhere on his own, but with God's Spirit, his garden will grow into exactly what God has designed it to be.
Isaiah 53:11
"After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light of life and be satisfied."
"You Are The One" written by Ryan Kavalsky, © October 30, 2004