At last a confession…

In an effort to be globally focused, I lost sight of what’s in front of me

The locally hopeless

My ulterior motives got the best of me

Now here’s the rest of me…

Trying to reach the thousands, but ignoring my community

Resentment to group… self-preservation began fueling me

The fool in me, I thought I had it figured out

Now it’s time to live it out

What if I could touch one?

What if I could do for one what I would do for thousands?

What if I was more present in the moment that’s surrounding?

Cause the present, is where the presences of my God is found in

So I gotta be more present and present this hope

Serve and give when I’m asked to do, when I part[?]

We spoke about changing this world one life at a time

If I touch one, you touch one-- that’s two lives on the line

And two turns into four and four turns into eight

And eight turns into 40 ‘cause more people relate

And before we have time to slow down and think and just wait

We’d have touched a couple more thousand by speaking His grace

Not just speaking, but breathing and being his hands

So that the love of Jesus could reach the most deviant man

Who’s far from God could be saved and be in his plan

Cause I was right there when someone reached out

When I couldn’t stand on my own

Not just a hand out, but a hand up. It’s not about pity

Really helping somebody stand up

Every scorner, every street corner in our city

In our block, in our region, call it the Hope Committee

So may this hope be pervasive, may this hope reach the nations

When me and you are long gone

May this be the way they remember us throughout the ages

It’s amazing that God used us to touch lives and bring change…

It’s beyond big lights and big stages

Building platforms to be famous, having lots of money

So that you can have lots of friends

But you can’t take none of that with you in the end

All that matters is who we touch on this side of eternity

And what’s in front of us is where we begin

Let’s begin