Brandon Lake and Lainey Wilson 'The Jesus I Know Now' Lyric Video

You can’t miss Brandon Lake and Lainey Wilson’s ‘The Jesus I Know’ lyric video. There’s something so honest about the way music can gently unravel the things we’ve believed for years—and then, somehow, stitch them back together with truth.

I'm learning He likes me
Even when I take a truck a little too far
Yeah, I'm learning he loves me
Every hair on my head, every story behind my scars

I can relate to this kind of song in a way that feels personal, almost sacred. I was raised believing God was distant… watching from afar, quick to be disappointed, maybe even angry if you stepped out of line. The kind of God who kept score. The kind of God who felt impossible to please. And if I’m honest, I think so many of us—moms, grandmas, women who have carried both faith and questions—have wrestled with that same picture of Him at some point. We didn’t know there was another way to know Him.

And then life happens.

That’s why this song hits so deeply. It’s not complicated or overly polished—it feels like a conversation. Like two people sitting across from each other, telling the truth about where they’ve been and what they’ve discovered along the way. Born out of a writer’s retreat filled with some of Nashville’s biggest voices, the song came from a simple, honest moment—Lainey sharing how the Jesus she knows now looks different from the one she grew up hearing about. And you can feel that sincerity in every line.

It’s the kind of song you don’t just listen to—you carry it with you. You hum it while you’re folding laundry or driving down a quiet road. You find yourself whispering thank you under your breath, not because everything is perfect, but because you’ve come to know Him differently now. More gently. More personally. More fully.
Because the truth is, He was never distant.

He’s always been the God who comes near.

And maybe that’s what this song does so beautifully—it lays those old misconceptions to rest. It gives us permission to release the fear-based version of God we once held onto and embrace the real, living, loving Jesus who meets us right where we are.

So as you listen to Brandon Lake and Lainey Wilson's "The Jesus I Know Now', maybe you don’t just sing along. Maybe you let it heal something. Maybe you let it remind you that it’s never too late to know Him more deeply—not the way you were told, but the way your heart is discovering Him now. And maybe, right there in the quiet hum of the melody, you realize… He’s been closer all along.

“Come near to God and He will come near to you.”  James 4:8