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The One He Speaks Through
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Sep 23, 2026 updated
Out of the Dark album
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Song Meaning
Mandisa names small, easily dismissed impulses as potentially divine in "The One He Speaks Through" — "car stalled, side of the road, everybody looking out the windows, for some reason you feel the need to help." The scenario stays deliberately ordinary rather than dramatic.
"Do you ignore it or go for it? Is this human or divine? All these promptings tell us something, they're all proof that He's alive" treats the hesitation itself as the actual decision point, not a minor detail. "He might use your words to heal a heart that has been bruised... you might be the one He speaks through" lists specific, modest means — words, hands, a whisper, a smile — rather than one dramatic form of ministry.
"I remember I was in a pit, and you prayed me out of it, I bet you didn't even know that you were the one that He spoke through" closes the song by testifying to receiving exactly this kind of unnoticed help, naming the giver's own likely unawareness as part of the point.
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Car stalled, side of the road
Everybody looking out the windows
For some reason you feel the need to help
Or maybe, somewhere you're standing in line
An old friend comes to your mind
And you get the urge to call and see if all is well
Do you ignore it or go for it?
Is this human or divine?
All these promptings tell us something
They're all proof that He's alive
He might use your words to heal a heart that has been bruised
He might use your hands to rescue
He might use your whisper, maybe your smile
To tell somebody that they're worthwhile
You might be the one He speaks through
The one He speaks through
This God, great as He is
Still uses all of us to accomplish
His perfect plan to reach the world
So don't ignore it, just go for it
We are led by the divine
To be His heart, His love
And show this broken world that He's alive
He might use your words to heal a heart that has been bruised
He might use your hands to rescue
He might use your whisper, maybe your smile
To tell somebody that they're worthwhile
You might be the one He speaks through
The one He speaks through
The one He speaks through, yeah
I remember I was in a pit
And you prayed me out of it
I bet you didn't even know that you
Were the one that He spoke through
So listen, keep on listening, oh...
He might use your words to heal a heart that has been bruised
He might use your hands to rescue
He might use your whisper, maybe your smile
To tell somebody that they're worthwhile
You might be the one He speaks through
The one He speaks through
You are, You are
The one He speaks through
You are, You are
The one He speaks through
You are, You are
The one He speaks through
You are, You are
The one He speaks through