Wild Things

 

I wanna go where the wild things are

I’m talking lions, tigers, bears (oh my)

Christ died for this terrible heart

That’s why I wanna be where the wild things are

 

Welcome to the church in the wild

I live with dudes haven’t been to church in a while

I’ve chosen this lifestyle, you ever met my friends?

Porn stars, dope dealers, they like, “Why you chill with them”?

I thought you was a Christian?

Yeah I’m on that team

But I’m with them cause my life’s the only bible that they’ve ever seen

Some wanna be an earshot from the church bell I wanna win souls,

make gunshots in the worst hell Telling ’em Christ became a curse for they sin

with my words and my works They won’t come in?

I’m bringing church to them Yeah, that’s why I live where I live

They say, “You acting cray, that ain’t no place to raise your kids”

But um, if we ain’t living it who else gon’ show em

What a family supposed to look like instead of them broken homes

Gotta be living stones around where they getting stoned

Live and know Him, die to make Him known ’til He take us home, let’s go

I wanna go where the wild things are

I’m talking lions, tigers, bears (oh my)

Christ died for this terrible heart

That’s why I wanna be where the wild things are

 

If you catch me in a bar where the wild things are

With my pastor and an entourage who loves God

Please don’t think that it’s odd,

we kick it ’round broken hearts Fishing for men,

surrounded by sin but ain’t taking part I talk about Jesus,

all the Christians love me I walk like Jesus

now they wanna judge me, ain’t it funny?

I’m ducking stones thrown from the Pharisees

Gospel of Peace up on my feet like a pair of cleats

Walking with the Paraclete, that’s Greek for The Spirit

They say the wild things’ll eat you up

Who shall I fear when God is walking with me

If I die that’s a win, that’s the seed of the church

plus I get to be with Him

And we so undefeated like Hanes made our sneakers

I had beef with Jesus and my sin it got deleted

So I gotta go and speak it to those who really need it

Let the Gospel off the leash, go and be where the beasts at

I wanna go where the wild things are

I’m talking lions, tigers, bears (oh my)

Christ died for this terrible heart

That’s why I wanna be where the wild things are

 

Ever since I saw Lecrae At Rock the Universe and Andy Mineo was on stage I’ve taken an interest in him and his ministry. Everyone has heard of Lecrae, he’s almost mainstream, but Andy Mineo is a little less popular. Now don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t really a fan of either one simply because I wasn’t a huge rap fan. I’m more Paramore, The Fray, Coldplay, Imagine Dragons and X Ambassadors but I am a huge fan of a beat. So I gave them a listen. I bout Anomoly (Lecrae), and Never Land (Andy Mineo), watched youtube videos of interviews they’d sone, read up on their testamonies and I was intrigued.

 

This song, especially, by Andy Mineo is my favorite. He talks about what we’re called to do. We’re called to go out among the pagans, the wild things, and spread the love of Christ. Sure, sharing your faith and talking about jesus with someone who loves him is great and empowering, but we’re called to share him with those who don’t love him. We’re called to go to the wild things.

 

Sitting pretty in our mega churches, singing Oceans and Hillsong ballads, lifting our hands and swaying to the beat while wild things are dying in the street.

 

^^ Theres my rap, because lets face it, I am a G.

 

But really….what are we doing? Is singing Oceans bad? No. Is attending a mega chuch bad? No. Is sitting there, comfortable and numb to the message being spoken, to the songs being sung bad? Very.

 

I asked my middle/high school group a week or so ago, what they were called to do. Shoulders shrugged, eyes glazed over. I asked them what I was, they said “Missionary”. I said, “So are you.” You see, the great commision doesn’t say, “Hey, Mary, World Race Squad, you guys, Go therefore teaching and preaching…” it doesn’t say white middle class Americans, only people in Marianna, Florida, etc. It doesn’t specify. It just says GO. It calls all of us, everyday, everywhere to GO.

 

Its that simple. GO.

 

So why don’t we? And why do we criticize those who do?

“we kick it ’round broken hearts Fishing for men,