Don't Waste Your Life

Last night at Grace Community Church, we had a commissioning service for Greg and Beth, who will be going out on the mission field in a few weeks. It was a great time of worship and fellowship and it was obvious that Greg and Beth will be greatly missed. (And I'm a little upset because they are both over at our house tonight...and I had to go back to college. Everyone gets to have fun without poor me.)

Anyways, last night, after prayers by elders from different churches, singing, testimonies by the Burnetts, and a message from the ABWE man, Greg announced that we would be hearing something a little different, and that was a song called Don't Waste Your Life by Lecrae. For those who have never heard of Lecrae, he's a Christian rapper-and the song featured Dwayne Tryumf. (Tryumf...triumph...get it? haha. I liked that.)

I was excited...but this was in church with a bunch of reformed old people who hate rap! (Just kidding!...just kidding.) So the music started playing, and the lyrics flashed up on the big screen so everyone could follow along with the words.

First, the music was awesome. Then, the lyrics were even more awesome! Look it up on youtube if you want to hear it.

Here are the lyrics that they printed out for us:

Don't Waste Your Life by Lecrae

I know a lot of people out there scared they gone die
couple of em thinking they'll be livin in the sky
but while I'm here livin man I gotta ask why
what am here fo I gotta figure out
waste my life, no I gotta make it count
if Christ is real then what am I gone do about
all of the things in Luke 12:15 down to 21 you really oughta go check it out
Paul said if Christ ain't resurrect then we wasted our lives well that implies that our life's built around Jesus being alive
everyday I'm living tryin show the world why
Christ is more than everything you'll ever try
better than pretty women and sinning and living
to get a minute of any women and men that you admire ain't no lie
we created for Him outta the dust he made us for Him
Elects us and He saves us for Him Jesus comes and raises for Him
magnify the Father why bother with something lesser
He made us so we could bless Him and to the world we confess Him
resurrects Him so I know I got life matter fact better man I know I got Christ
if you don't see His ways in my days and nights
you can hit my brakes you can stop my lights
man I lost my rights I lost my life
forget the money cars and toss that ice
the cost is Christ
and they could never offer me anything on the planet that'll cost that price

Armed and dangerous
so the devil just can't handle us
Christian youth them a stand with us
Livin' n driven, given a vision, fulfillin the commission He handed us
London to Los Angeles
Da rap evangelist
Ma daddy wouldn't abandon us
I gotta backpack full of tracts plus I keep a Johnny Mac
So are you ready to jam with us
so lets go, gimme the word an lets go
Persecution lets go
Tribulation lets go
across the nation lets go
procrastination bes go
hung on the cross in the cold
died for the young and the old
can't say you never know
heaven knows
how many souls are going to hell or to heaven so we gotta go in and get em

Suffer yeah do it for Christ if you trying to figure what to do with your life
if you making money hope you doing it right
because the money is God's you better steward it right
stay focused if you ain't got no ride
your life ain't wrapped up in what you drive
the clothes you wear the job you work
the color your skin naw we christian first
people living life for a job make a lil money start living for a car
get em a house a wife kids and a dog when they retire they living high on the hog
but guess what they didn't ever really live at all to live is Christ yeah that's Paul I recall
to die is gain so for Christ we give it all He's the treasure you'll find in the mall
your money your singleness marriage talent and time
they were loaned to you to show the world that Christ is Divine
that's why it's Christ in my rhymes that's why it's Christ all the time
my whole world is built around Him He's the life in my lines
I refused to waste my life he's too true ta chase that ice
here's my gifts and time cause I'm constantly trying to be used to praise the Christ
If he's truly raised to life then this news should change your life
and by His grace you can put your faith in place that rules your days and nights.

Don't wanna waste my life.

Thanks Greg and Beth, good choice :)