The Reason Why (Why is it so hard)

(Verse 1)

Why is it so hard to live humbly and selfless,

Because I am not dead to worldliness,

It’s easier to live after I am dead,

But instead I crave the fleshpots of Egypt,

I want to follow earthly trends,

And yet go to heaven,

I try to climb up another way,

Without using the strait gate and narrow way,

(Course)

Lord I need your help,

To detach myself,

no matter how painful it is,

From pride selfishness,

Vanity and worldliness,

Help me fully overcome,

So we can be in union

(Verse 2)

Why is it so hard to live like Christ,

When it’s so easy to live a worldly life,

Because I’ve trained my affections,

To the world’s direction,

And though I believe your truths,

I still don’t follow you,

So I don’t love spiritual things,

Yet you call me to mental training,

And strengthen me to live Godly

(Course)

Lord I need your help,

To detach myself,

no matter how painful it is,

From pride selfishness Vanity and worldliness,

Help me fully overcome,

So we can be in union

(Bridge)

The reason why, when we try

To live for Christ,

we are inconsistent and fickle,

Because we try to attach to Christ,

without detaching from our idols

(Spoken word)

The reason why many are so easily led into temptation and sin is that they do not study the Word of God and meditate upon it as they should. The lack of firm, decided willpower, which is manifest in life and character, results from neglect of the sacred instruction of God's Word. They do not by earnest effort direct the mind to that which would inspire pure, holy thought and divert it from that which is impure and untrue.