something real…

After I looked up the song mentioned in my previous post, I searched a few more songs and strummed a few in a somewhat nostalgic vein, and stumbled across this one. This is the sort of chorus that MUST be sung from a deep-rooted understanding of Scripture and of what the Lord requires. Taken in the proper context and in an attitude of prayer, here are the lyrics…

Many are the words we speak
Many are the songs we sing
Many kinds of offerings
But now to live the life

Help us live the life
Help us live the life
All we want to do is bring you something real
Bring you something true

(We hope that) Precious are the words we speak
(We pray that) Precious are the songs we sing
Precious are these offerings
But now to live the life….

Now to go the extra mile
Now to turn the other cheek
Now to serve you with a life
Let us share your fellowship
Even of your sufferings
Never let the passion die…

“Come, let us return to the LORD…
…That we may live before Him. 
“So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD.
His going forth is as certain as the dawn;
…For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. …
Hosea 6