MUSIC: Michael Card

Things We Leave Behind
(Poiema)

There sits Simon so foolishly wise
proudly he's tending his nets.
Then Jesus calls, and the boats drift away
all that he owns he forgets.
More than the nets he abandoned that day,
he found that his pride was soon drifting away.
It's hard to imagine the freedom we find
from the things we leave behind.

Matthew was mindful of taking the tax,
pressing the people to pay.
Hearing the call, he responded in faith
followed the Light and the Way.
Leaving the people so puzzled he found,
the greed in his heart was no longer around and
it's hard to imagine the freedom we find
from the things we leave behind.

Every heart needs to be set free, from posessions
that hold it so tight.
'Cause freedom's not found in the things that we own,
It's the powerto do what is right.
Jesus, our only posession,
giving becomes our delight.
We can't imagine the freedom we find
from the things we leave behind.

We show a love for the world in our lives
by worshipping goods we posess.
Jesus said lay all our treasures aside
"love God above all the rest."
'Cause when we say 'no' to the things of the world
we open our hearts to the love of the Lord and
its hard to imagine the freedom we find
from the things we leave behind.
Oh, and it's hard to imagine the freedom we find
from the things we leave behind.