get in the plate
Pastor Bob (senior pastor at 'my' church) has been preaching a series on Stewardship. Today he preached out of 2 Cor. 9. I was reminded of this song and shared it with the high school students in SES (Sunday Evening Study) this evening. Its a fun song, but also serious...chew on it (and 2 Cor. 9 is a good chapter to read too).
As the music starts to play
we mechanically obey
and scrape our scraps off in the plate so God can eat.
10% so very small
most don’t feel it though at all
just a fulfillment of a holy quota we guess we should keep
we believe what God desires is our money
the whole gift of giving we’ve completely missed
and while my solution may at first seem funny
if you truly want to give God what He wants I must insist
get in the plate
blow the ushers mind
when the offering plate is passed just climb in one foot at a time
get in the plate
try something new
Jesus won’t accept your offering until you’ve offered you
we’ll need forklifts in the aisles
just to move the bodies piled
in the offering plate so high it’ll scrape the roof
no one ever will complain
singing [something i can't understand] ....
but this dream world is in [can't understand these lyrics]
do you tithe to ease the guilt you feel inside?
death to self is what the gospel is demanding
so put your patronizing gifts away get in the plate and ride
get in the plate
blow the ushers mind
when the offering plate is passed just climb in one foot at a time
get in the plate
try something new
Jesus won’t accept your offering until you’ve offered you
we believe what God desires is our money
the whole gift of giving we’ve completely missed
and while my solution may at first seem funny
if you truly want to give God what He wants I must insist
get in the plate
blow the ushers mind
when the offering plate is passed just climb in one foot at a time
get in the plate
try something new
Jesus won’t accept your offering until you’ve offered you“Get in the Plate”
Everybodyduck
posted by Elias at 23:07
4 Comments:
awesome song. very true. get in the plate. nicely put.
choppy comment. no real sentences.
commented in airport. 3:15am. no sleep that night. tired. AA = dumb = no free hotel room. bah!
agreed, everybodyduck = good songs.
exactly! i knew you'd understand! (hey, look, a sentence!!)
impressive, megan!
they never give hotel rooms for weather related circumstances. i have learned this incredibly frustrating fact many times. aaargh!!!
but, yes, "get in the plate" is a nice, succinct visual of what the Lord requires of us. well done, e.
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