lirik lagu jma – to know christ
[verse 1]
there are days when i doubt my own motives
i ask myself why am i doing all of this
is it for money and fame – is that all to this?
if it is, then why risk?
what i mean is that i get a little bit worried
when i look at my bank account and in my wallet
because i know what i’m doing won’t build a solid
financial foundation, i get scared because i don’t know how to solve it
i guess these doubts are based on my fears
when i start to think naturally, my real vision will cease
instead of listening to god, to his voice, i will shut my ears
that’s why this doubt takes over me like a disease
but whether i have little or much, i will be content
i will keep putting out new music and content
but even when it’s new or different, it doesn’t change my intent
it doesn’t change me: i’m not doing this, so i could just pay my rent
i rhyme because i have been called and i have been sent
to proclaim the good news of christ’s life and death
his love, teachings, resurrection, and ascent
and to be honest, sometimes i just need to vent!
since the beginning, poetry has been the way that i connect with him
whether everything is great, or i need to cry out to god to let out my steam
i also hope to be an arrow pointing to the living stream
to direct people to god and wake them from this daydream
my poetry aims to motivate and encourage
so that people would be built up, refreshed, and nourished
but there’s one more aspect i cherish as an artist
that i can talk about topics that are on my heart – that’s also why i started
so, my motives still remain the same
i want to bring glory to his name
not to do it for money, fortunes or fame
these might be by-products of his provision, but not my main aim
[verse 2]
it is one thing to know about christ, but totally else to know him
you can doubt him, but once you approach him
and have the revelation of who he is, and he shows himself
you understand that there’s nothing else that will ever excel
it’s actually pretty simple and not too difficult to understand:
christ is my firm foundation, i don’t underestimate the strength of his hands
that hold me and provide for me, man
that lead me past quicksand and to his grand plan
that is why i count everything else as loss
in the light of knowing him and staying near to his cross
because it surp-sses all other riches, that are just like moss
covering the real treasure, christ. oh, how great was the cost
he paid for me! therefore, everything else is secondary!
have you ever been in the presence of a king?
if you have, you know what kind of honor it carries
oh, how much greater it is to have a daily access to the very
presence and the throne room of the creator of the universe
the king of kings, the lord of lords. it surely surp-sses
the honor you’ve felt in the presence of an earthly ruler
compared to christ, the payer of the ultimate price, the crown-jewel
i consider every earthly prize as ice that can melt
that’s why i want to know him above all else!
i don’t need your approval or you to be impressed
because serving god from his acceptance is true success!
i don’t want to know him only in his glory but in the fullness of his story
not just take it as history, but to experience the mystery of his suffering
not just the bliss of his coming, but also his death-offering
although we all have erred to self-sufficiency, let’s not reject what he is offering
[verse 3]
one day i found myself thinking, what would i do if i had a week left
to live before death would take me away
what would i do, what would i say?
how would i live, how would i love?
i understood that there’s this one thing
that i would invest all of my time in
it would be the perfect time and timing
for me to continue rhyming about the divine in me
i would share the steadfast hope on which i’m standing
the peace that can’t be robbed, that transcends all understanding
the glorious grace which came to save and serve the undeserving
the scandal of it is outstanding. even when the times are demanding
there’s faith that functions as a foundation on which i can land on
love that empowers me to forgive, ’cause i know of how much i’ve been pardoned
who has been forgiven much will love much, their heart will be unhardened
that’s why i bring glory to this king, whose love is unheard of!
this is my goal: to know christ
and to make him known, so that every soul
would find hope and salvation in his name!
that all the nations would gather under the name of the son!
yes, one day i’ll die, i wonder what will they remember me by?
i hope they won’t remember me at all, not me, but christ when they recall
what i have done with my life. not my mistakes or breakdowns
but his grace and peace they saw, when they looked in my face
i don’t want to impress, i want to impact
i don’t need to be on press, i’m not here for that!
i don’t want cash-, change- or money-piles
what makes my blood rush is changed lives!
yes, i want to “make it,” but not in the illusional way created of it
by fame: not to just have a great profit
but to really make it – to hear these words of the king:
“well done, my good and faithful servant.”
and in a way, i’ve already made it, because my success isn’t measured
in money, followers, streams, views or treasures
but in the lives that are brought from death to life – that is my pleasure
to know i make an eternal difference – that’s what i want to ensure
this is my mission: to bring people to christ
but even more so, to bring christ to people!
this is my goal: to know christ
and make him known
[outro]
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