peace like a river. Lyrics

I'm trying to get farther from them

Father, I'm fleeing from all of the Kens

All the disabling distractions that are making me lame

The countless heartbreaks that come from rising fame

It's inevitable

Well, that was my wrought

Inescapable

That's what I bought

All of the mania I thought I fought

Could go away with just one thought

Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel

I am the LORD thy God which teacloth thee to profit

Which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go

O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments

Then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea

Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof

My homies lost

My bros is woe

They're looking for serenity, bliss for the soul

The pain is extreme as humanism's woke

Need peace of mind sick of sicko mode

Jesus, we're crying out to you

Forgive us our sins

We don't know what to do

We're broken and lost

The demons, our hosts

Drowning in liquor, but that's all we know

Father, bring us life

Bring us hope

End the strife

End the dope

Heal the psyche

She tried to keep it confidential like Mikey

But pain has a way of leaking out and that's wylin' (Yeah, that's wylin')

Father, bring us life

Bring us hope

End the strife

End the dope

Get a life, they said

Now we're at the shop

Hoping for more

Hoping for more

Hoping for more

Just want to be more like you

He called himself by His covenant name, the Lord

That is, Yahweh

He called himself their redeemer

The one who could buy them out of their slavery

He called Himself the Holy One of Israel

Who was set apart from the grossed and debased gods of the surrounding nations

He called Himself the One who teaches you to profit

In other words, the one who could instruct them in a life of goodness and blessing instead of endless loss and deprivation

He called himself the One who leads you by the way you should go

Who could lead them into the right path instead of their present, destructive way

And after this very profound introduction, God made a heartfelt plea to His people, 'Oh that you had heeded my commands

Peace like a river flow

Peace like a river flow

Peace like a river flow

I've got peace like a river

Peace like a river flow

Peace like a river flow

Peace like a river flow

I've got peace like a river

Peace as flowing, bountiful, and life-giving as a river

Judah did not have this but they could have had it if they had only turned to God as He revealed Himself to them

If they had only obeyed then your righteousness would have been like the waves of the sea

Righteousness as certain, as unending, as reliable as the sea

Again Judah did not have this but they could have if they had only turned to God as He had revealed Himself to them

It's sobering to think what unfulfilled potential we have

And what disobedience or unbelief keeps us from everything God has for us

It doesn't take long to turn back to God and to receive goodness from Him

Matter of fact, you can do it right now

If they're some things that you need to get right with Him today, don't delay

Do it and enjoy the blessing of it today

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