Tim Hughes Album: Holding Nothing Back Track: God Of Justice
God Of Justice Lyrics
God of Justice, Saviour to all Came to rescue the weak and the poor Chose to serve and not be served
Jesus, You have called us Freely we've received Now freely we will give
We must go live to feed the hungry Stand beside the broken We must go Stepping forward keep us from just singing Move us into action We must go
To act justly everyday Loving mercy in everyway Walking humbly before You God
You have shown us, what You require Freely we've received Now freely we will give
Fill us up and send us out Fill us up and send us out Fill us up and send us out Lord
Song Description: In June 2005, my wife Rachel and I headed off to Tanzania, to spend a week working with Tearfund, a charity based in England. Whilst there we met an amazing lady called Joyce. We visited her home in Uhambingeto, met with her family and heard her story. With no clean accessible water in the village, leaving each night at midnight with an empty container, Joyce would walk for over ten hours until she returned home at around 10am the following morning exhausted. It has been estimated that Joyce has walked the equivalent of three times around the world in the pursuit of water. The injustice of this is overwhelming. . How could that still be possible in a world today where so many of us have so much? When I read the bible, one thing seems abundantly clear; God is passionate about the poor. Jesus made it so clear ... "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because He has anointed me to preach good news to the poor (Luke 4:18) In Amos 5, God's heart burns with anger as He rebukes a people who offer up songs of worship and other choice offerings, but trample and deprive the poor for their own selfish gain. We can't escape the truth - God's heart breaks for the last, the least and the lost. If I want to glorify God in all that I do, then issues of justice and the poor need to be at the core of who I am. The Church needs to be singing about God's heart for the poor. We need to remind ourselves that as God's people we need to go and serve the marginalised. All of this inspired the song. It's a worship song. It's a justice song. -----Tim Hughes
