Make Jesus Famous Lyrics

Make Jesus Famous

That's what I read on the post

My mission is to make Jesus famous

So raise your glass let's have a toast

Like in John two when Mary

Tried to push Jesus into the spotlight

And He said woman, what are you doing

This isn't even my timeline

Or how about John six

When the crowds start amassing

Long live the Messiah to save us

From Roman rule make it happen

And Jesus is teaching and

Preaching to those same crowds

Their hanging on his every word

Listen to what he says now

If you don't eat my flesh and

Drink my blood you can have no part in me

Wait what did he just say

This is some real hard teaching

Like Jesus you're cool and all and

We're behind you most of the way

But you gotta dumb it down

A little bit so the crowds stay

No, I'm the true Bread of life

So you must eat of me

And one by one they walked away

The crowds started to vanish almost instantly

In a crucial moment when they were

Ready to crown him King

Jesus taught his hardest truths

Just to dwindle his following

Because here's the reality

Mass generates mass and I say this to be blunt

People want the masses to follow them

But the masses don't know what they want

Jesus knew that the crowds deep down

Were just in it for the hype

That people would follow him because it was cool

But not out of Divine insight

So he frequently did whatever he could

Just to keep himself out of the spotlight

This is all throughout the New Testament

Every gospel author writes

And see now days in church culture

We say things like make Jesus famous

But you may not find him in a conference

He may just show up among the nameless

You won't find him in the hype

You've got to look further into the heart

He may not show up in the light show

He may just show up in the dark

And all of our saints knew this

Especially the early mystics

Separated themselves from society

And were labeled as misfits

Before trying to influence others

They made sure they were

First transformed themselves

Not only speaking out against evil

But allowing God to rid them

Of their own personal hells

So next time somebody says to make Jesus famous

I suggest you reconsider

Maybe he doesn't want fame

Unlike Tiktok or Twitter

Maybe he knows that true following happens

When the crowd's dispersed

Maybe we need to see anew and

Let him spit in the dirt

And rub it on our eyes again

The church has gone blind again

But man I need to catch this wave

And make sure that I ride again

I know I'm called to die again

Today and everyday

Die to power

Die to possessions

Die to popularity and die to fame

So Jesus I want to follow you not into fame

But into the fringes

I know the cross is the door

That swings new life open on it's hinges

I won't attach fame to Your Name

As a cover for my own motives

And I won't seek fame either

I'll follow you into the margins

Because that's where You take the true believer