My Own Little World

Matthew West lyrics My Own Little World

In my own little world it hardly ever rains
I’ve never gone hungry and always felt safe
I got some money in my pocket, shoes on my feet
In my own little world
Population me

I try to stay awake through the Sunday morning church
I throw a twenty in the plate but I never give ’til it hurts
and I turn off the news when I don’t like what I see
it’s easy to do when it’s
population me

What if there’s a bigger picture
what if I’m missing out
What if there’s a greater purpose
I could be living right now
outside my own little world

Stopped at the red light, looked out my window
Outside the car, saw a sign, said “Help this homeless widow”
Just above this sign was the face of a human
I thought to myself, “God, what have I been doing?”
So I rolled down my window and I looked her in the eye
Oh how many times have I just passed her by
I gave her some money then I drove on through
in my own little world there’s
Population two

What if there’s a bigger picture
what if I’m missing out
What if there’s a greater purpose
I could be living right now
outside my own little world

Start breaking my heart for what breaks Yours
give me open hands and open doors
put Your light in my eyes and let me see
that my own little world is not about me

I think this is a picture of much of the church today. We live in our own little world. Look around you, are all the people that you’re around believers, are the only people you talked to saved? Have you begun to live in your own little world of “Christians Only”.

Mark 16:15 says, “Jesus said to his followers, "Go everywhere in the world, and tell the Good News to everyone.”

Matthew 28:19-20 says, “So go and make followers of all people in the world. Baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach them to obey everything that I have taught you, and I will be with you always, even until the end of this age."

It’s time to begin to break out of the bubble that you have been living in. We were created for others, there are so many lost, hurting, and broken people out there that we have been called to. It’s time to be like Jesus. Remember the people He ate with, He walked with, and He discipled, they were considered sinners, but He showed them that the Kingdom was available to them also. We can’t become like the Pharisees and Sadducees, and shun, judge, or walk away from those that might be considered “unsightly”; it’s time to show the love of God to our fellow man.

Mark 12:31 “The second command is this: 'Love your neighbor as you love yourself.' There are no commands more important than these."

Tracy Houston
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org