Chosen in the Valley

Lyrics

Chosen in the Valley
Dirt Road Gospel Music
DirtRoadGospelMusic.com

[Verse 1]
No stage lights on the hillside
Just sheep and stars and a sling
Nobody saw what he was made of
Long before he was a king
He killed a lion in the shadows
Killed a bear where no one knew
That's the fight that built the courage
That he'd need to see it through

[Verse 2]
Chains around a dreamer's wrists
Years wasted in the dark
But every day he stayed faithful
Was writing on his heart
A man threshing wheat in hiding
Till an angel called him brave
Forty years behind a flock of sheep
For a voice from a burning flame

[Pre-Chorus]
Nobody's clapping in the desert
Nobody's watching in the field
But Heaven's taking notes
On who you are when no one else can see

[Chorus]
You don't audition for greatness
On a platform, in the light
You get chosen in the valley
In the silence, in the fight
Every hidden hour of faithful
Every unseen "yes I will"
Is the training God is using
To prepare you for the hill

[Verse 3]
Gleaning fields and empty rooms
Praying windows, locked-up doors
Nobody wrote your name in headlines
But Heaven kept the score
Every "no" that no one heard you say
Every line you wouldn't cross
Was a stone laid in the altar
Long before you counted cost

[Pre-Chorus]
Nobody's clapping in the desert
Nobody's watching in the field
But Heaven's taking notes
On who you are when no one else can see

[Chorus]
You don't audition for greatness
On a platform, in the light
You get chosen in the valley
In the silence, in the fight
Every hidden hour of faithful
Every unseen "yes I will"
Is the training God is using
To prepare you for the hill

[Bridge]
So stay low, stay faithful
Stay unseen a little more
He is writing the whole story
Long before you take the floor
Every shepherd, every prisoner
Every servant in the field
Was being trusted with the hidden
Before Heaven would reveal

[Final Chorus]
You don't audition for greatness
On a platform, in the light
You get chosen in the valley
In the silence, in the fight
Every hidden hour of faithful
Every unseen "yes I will"
Was the training God was using
To prepare you for the hill

[Outro]
So stay faithful in the small
Stay faithful in the field
He's writing the whole story
Before you ever take the hill