Song Recommendation: Let Justice Roll Like a River

This past Sunday, we studied Isaiah 58 together. Afterwards, Pastor Tyler told me about the song, "Let Justice Roll Like a River." It's a meditation on the words and context of Amos 5:24, but it's also a great complement to the call of Isaiah 58.

I'd encourage you to listen (HERE) and meditate on the words (HERE): 

Let Justice Roll Like a River

Bobby Gilles and Rebecca Elliot

Forgive us Lord, for passing by

When children cry for bread

Forbid it Lord, that justice lie

In tatters, cold and dead

Outside these walls run desperate streets

Where greed is law and life is cheap

We bar the doors, refuse to see

Or hear the words You said:

Refrain
Let justice roll like a river, Like a river, let it roll

Let justice roll like a river. Like a river, let it roll

Convict us Lord, we dance and laugh

Ignoring those who weep

Correct us Lord, our golden calf

Has lulled our hearts to sleep

The gap between the rich and poor

Grows ever wider, shore to shore

There's racial hate, religious war

And wolves among the sheep

Indwell us Lord, and purify

Our hands to work for You

Enlist us Lord, to serve nearby

And ʻcross the waters, too

Your image-bearers on the earth

Will never know how much theyʼre worth

Unless we love and help them first

And show the way to You.

Refrain

©2007 Bobby Gilles and Sojourn Community Church

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