Lou Fellingham – Miracle or Not

Lou Fellingham is a founding member of the Christian Rock and CCM band Phatfish.  She began her solo career in 2007 alongside her band.  She currently serves as a worship director of the Church of Christ the King in the Clarendon Centre in Brighton, England.

She released several albums, including eight solo albums and 18 with Phatfish.

She won a Christian Broadcasting Council (CBC) Award for Best Worship (Promised Land, 2008).

Lyrics can be found at https://genius.com/Lou-fellingham-miracle-or-not-live-lyrics.

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1. What message does the song communicate?

Lou Fellingham trusts in God’s promises despite her doubts, asking “You” to help her believe it in her heart.  She continues to profess belief until faith permeates inside her.

Who is “You”?  I don’t know.  Verse 1, line 3 is a potential hint that it’s about God, given that only God is good (Mark 10:18 and Luke 18:19).  However, one could also easily interpret this as an exaggeration, referencing a boyfriend who has been good to her.

Score: 5/10

2. How much of the lyrics line up with Scripture?

I took two points away to assume “You” means God.  With that in mind, this song agrees with Scripture.

[Verse 1]

Lines 1-5: Fellingham contrasts her past instances where God performed miracles as summarized in Hebrews 11:1-40 with her experience with God, that she doesn’t see a breakthrough.

[Chorus]

Lines 1-5: Despite unanswered prayers in the affirmative, Fellingham will trust God, adopting the same attitude as Daniel’s three friends (Daniel 3:17-18).

Side Note: Its last iteration contains additional lines that align with Bridge and calls to Casper the friendly ghost.

[Verse 2]

Lines 1-4: Based on Chorus, these are rhetorical questions with an obvious answer: an emphatic no.  She will trust God’s promises, that He will bring them to fruition in His timing (2 Peter 3:9).

[Bridge]

Lines 1-4: Fellingham believes intellectually and asks God to help her with her unbelief experientially (Mark 9:24).  This is not Word of Faith because her declaration doesn’t cause miracles to occur.  Rather, she declares it until she believes it in her heart.

Score: 8/10

3. How would an outsider interpret the song?

Unbelievers will likely identify Fellingham’s “fake it till you make it” approach, that she declares belief until “You” causes her to believe in her heart.  Buch like believers, they won’t be sure who “You” is based purely on the lyrics, except possibly that “You” is always good.

Score: 5/10

4. What does this song glorify?

If we assume it’s talking about God, it glorifies Him that Fellingham asks Him to help her overcome unbelief.  If not, we could easily interpret this as God or a boyfriend, though with a slight weight given to the God interpretation given Fellingham’s statement that “You” is always good.

Score: 5/10

Closing Comments

Lou Fellingham’s Miracle or Not is vague.  If we assume God, Fellingham believes with her mind, requesting God to help her believe with her heart, bringing Him glory.  Aside from her statement that “You” is always good, which could tip the favor towards a deistic explanation, nothing in this song implicitly points us towards Christianity, making it open to interpretation.  It could be God or a boyfriend.

Even if we assumed that “You” is God, this song is more about Fellingham’s journey than proclaiming to God His value and worth.  Thus, I cannot recommend it for corporate worship.

Final Score: 6/10

Artist Info

Track: Miracle or Not (Live) (listen to the song)

Artist: Lou Fellingham

Album: Made for You

Genre: Contemporary Christian Music (CCM)

Release Year: 2019

Duration: 8:13

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