Good Soil
At Christ Church London, we believe that creativity is a hugely important part of our lives as Christians. Check out this piece written and performed as a spoken word by Bas for the Bethnal Green vision night.
Mark 4 verse 8 – still the other seed fell on GOOD soil
But doesn’t it… make your blood boil
That no matter how hard you toil
You can’t quite fulfil your potential
Your demise into darkness, it’s exponential
Living life based on your own credentials
Choked deeper by the thorns, its sequential
Never forget GOD has made you to be… influential
His message, his good news, it’s not… confidential
Don’t keep it hush hush, spread it like a wildfire
It comes, down to the wire
When the flames are burning at our feet, but we know HE… is our ultimate desire
A passion for people, young, old and in between
Living and serving East London an area WE can intervene
If we decide to momentarily shift out focus away from our screens
and step out of the routine
that keeps us… locked in.
Locked in to a selfish future
Me, my and mine… ever the consumer.
We have to fight for unity
And through love, service and compassion, create herd immunity
Like a vaccine covers the masses, we need to seize the opportunity
To change the lives of those living, in our community.
The parable of the sower – we are planted here for a reason
Like a tree, staying put, not just for a season
Here to bring cohesion
Until his kingdom comes to bring completion
So receive his freedom, don’t fall on rocky ground
Allow your branches to reach out and let your voice make a sound
But when you step on to that tube make sure you go EASTBOUND.
Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and beyond
From history to the hipster our area has it all
It bought you grime music, the Olympics and a great big shopping mall
Now I know I’m being funny, but don’t take your eyes off the ball
Coz here it comes, the final countdown, its time for the curtain call
We need to practice being more like Jesus
Because through the work of his royal hands he completes us
He waters our plants so we can be free
And now in return we need to go deep
SPIRIT LEAD ME WHERE MY TRUST IS WITHOUT BORDERS
He makes you walk upon the waters
He gives you purpose and calls you into his quarters
Christ Church East lets go deeper in him
Let’s stay and commit and if the flood comes we swim
Our roots as deep as our tree is high
His water from the ground, our thirst he satisfies
A life given to purify, beautify, dignify and qualify
Sin completely nullified
Simply done to signify
The man Jesus – God personified
People, practice and purpose, three words you’ve been told
Words to be proclaimed, time to break out of the mould
Mark 4 verse 8, good soil, more precious than gold.
Mark 4:8 – Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times. (From the parable of the sower)