Wednesday, June 7, 2006

My Jesus

I have a Sirius Satilite radio and was listening to the Christian station yesterday and heard a guy singing with a unique voice, so I kept listening. It said his name was Todd Agnew and the song was My Jesus. I thought, well, I'll listen. When I listened to words I was floored. This song may be the most powerful song I've heard since Rich Mullins was still with us. I just wanted to share the lyrics to this this song.
Which Jesus do you follow?
Which Jesus do you serve?
If Ephesians says to imitate Christ
Then why do you look so much like the world?

Cause my Jesus bled and died
He spent His time with thieves and liars
He loved the poor and accosted the arrogant
So which one do you want to be?

Blessed are the poor in spirit
Or do we pray to be blessed with the wealth of this land
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness
Or do we ache for another taste of this world of shifting sand

Cause my Jesus bled and died for my sins
He spent His time with thieves and sluts and liars
He loved the poor and accosted the rich
So which one do you want to be?

Who is this that you follow
This picture of the American dream
If Jesus was here would you walk right by on the other side or fall down and worship at His holy feet

Pretty blue eyes and curly brown hair and a clear complexion
Is how you see Him as He dies for Your sins
But the Word says He was battered and scarred
Or did you miss that part
Sometimes I doubt we'd recognize Him

Cause my Jesus bled and died
He spent His time with thieves and the least of these
He loved the poor and accosted the comfortable
So which one do you want to be?

Cause my Jesus would never be accepted in my church
The blood and dirt on His feet would stain the carpet
But He reaches for the hurting and despised the proud
I think He'd prefer Beale St. to the stained glass crowd
And I know that He can hear me if I cry out loud

I want to be like my Jesus!
I want to be like my Jesus!

Not a posterchild for American prosperity, but like my Jesus
You see I'm tired of living for success and popularity
I want to be like my Jesus but I'm not sure what that means to be like You Jesus
Cause You said to live like You, love like You but then You died for me
Can I be like You Jesus?
I want to be like my Jesus
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 8, 2006 at 5:25 AM

    That is a powerful song. I've heard it as well, but never from beginning to end. I always come in about halfway through.

    I would have to guess that the guy's from Memphis since he mentions Beale Street, but I've never heard of him. I hope this message can grow and that we would all take these words more seriously. All of us to some extent or another need to change some things to be more like Jesus. Sometimes when I preach and share that we need to change, I feel sort of hypocritical because I know I need it as much as anybody. That's why I always try to use the pronoun "we" and never "you".

    Thanks for sharing the lyrics. I may have never gotten to see them otherwise.

    See you Sunday!!!

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  2. AnonymousJune 8, 2006 at 8:38 AM

    I don't know where is from, but like you said, the song just blew me away. I saw on his website he's coming to Tupelo next month, so you're probably right in that he has connections to the MidSouth.

    I heard the song and read the lyrics and said, wow, he's singing what I'm trying to preach. . .

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