Lose My Soul - TobyMac and Kirk Franklin

This song has been playing on KLOVE a bit, and it always seems to come on just when I'm chewing a few things over in my mind... Here's a sample of the lyrics:

I don't want to gain the whole world, and lose my soul,
Don't wanna walk away, let me hear the people say.
I don't want to gain the whole world, and lose my soul,
Don't wanna walk away, let me hear the people say.
Don't wanna walk away,
Don't wanna walk away

How do I sense the tide that's rising?
De-sensitizing me from living in light of eternity,
How do I sense the tide that's rising?
It's hypnotizing me from living in light of eternity,
How do I sense the tide that's rising?
De-sensitizing me from living in light of eternity.

(Lord what we gon' do,
We're relying on you,
all eyes are on you Lord,
all eyes are on you, all eyes are on you Jesus.)

I don't want to gain the whole world, and lose my soul,
Don't wanna walk away, let me hear the people say.
(Don't let me lose my soul, my soul.)
I don't want to gain the whole world, and lose my soul,
(This is my honesty, Father, won't you cover me.)
I don't want to gain the whole world, and lose my soul,
(Don't wanna walk away, and all those people say)
I don't want to gain the whole world, and lose my soul,
(Don't wanna lose, I don't wanna lose my soul.)

Lord forgive us when we get consumed by the things of this world,
That fight for our love, and our passion,
As our eyes are open wide and on you.
Grant us the privilege of your world view,
And may your kingdom be, what wakes us up, and lays us down.

(Hallelujah, Don't wanna lose our soul,
No, Don't wanna lose my soul.)

Indeed, Lord. Forgive us - forgive ME - our trespasses and sins.  Do not take Your Spirit from us, keep drawing us to You in love and repentance.

Kay Arthur recently reminded Christians that we need to get serious - especially here in America. We have fallen so far, and are in grave danger of being vomited out like the church at Laodecia. We need to return to our First Love, the One who embodies Love and Truth, who gave Himself for us. We must stop reflecting the culture, and truly begin to reflect our Lord and Savior.

Jesus Himself gave a very serious warning to His disciples in Luke 13, verses 1-5:

There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answered and said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”

In the letter to the Romans, Paul reminds us that

As it is written:
“There is none righteous, no, not one;
There is none who understands;
There is none who seeks after God.
They have all turned aside;
They have together become unprofitable;
There is none who does good, no, not one.”
“Their throat is an open tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit”;

“The poison of asps is under their lips”;
“Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Destruction and misery are in their ways;
And the way of peace they have not known.”
“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

There is no one righteous in God's eyes on this whole earth. No one can come to Him and demand an audience before Him based on their "goodness." We are all sinners, and worthy of eternal punishment. None of us can earn Heaven.

But God, in His grace, has offered a way - ONE way - to come before Him and be received by Him, and that is through the Blood of His Son.

So unless we repent, unless we come to Him in the way He commands, we will all likewise perish.

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

I don't want to gain the whole world - and lose my soul.

What about you?