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More Than I Deserve
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Oct 26, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
Paul Baloche's "More Than I Deserve" moves through gratitude from the first line, where the singer stands "covered by your blood" and known and loved with nothing left to prove or hide. Identity here rests entirely on grace — being redeemed and called God's child — and the chorus turns that into a repeated confession that the gift given and the price paid are more than I deserve. The second verse widens the picture: God is generous and kind, his presence satisfies, and he calms every hidden fear; the sacrifice is named as the love that gave life, with the Lamb of God credited for bringing the singer to this place. A bridge weighs that gift against the world's riches and treasure and finds it worth more than all of them, then the song lifts into a vision of what is still to come — what no eye has seen or ear has heard, glory yet to be revealed, every tear wiped away, sorrow gone, and the kingdoms of the earth kneeling as God's kingdom arrives. The arc runs from personal redemption to cosmic hope, and the closing note is that kingdom breaking in now.
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I am covered by your blood
I'm known by you and loved
With nothing left to prove or hide
By your grace I am redeemed
And my identity
Is knowing that I am your child
I am grateful to be called your child
O what a gift you gave
O what a price you paid
More than I deserve,
More than I deserve
Your constant faithfulness
Your every promise is
More than I deserve,
More than I deserve
You are generous and kind
Your presence satisfies
Calming every hidden fear
What a selfless sacrifice
The love that gave me life
O Lamb of God, you brought me here
More than all
More than all the riches of this world
More than all
More than all the treasure I could hold
For no eye has ever seen
No ear has ever heard
The glory that will be revealed
Every tear is wiped away
No sorrow will remain
The kingdoms of the earth will kneel
For the kingdom of our God is here