What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! Romans 7:24-25a
Watch this music video and enjoy the lyrics.
Less Like Me – Song by Zach Williams
Oh, I have days I lose the fight
Try my best but just don’t get it right
Well I talk a talk that I don’t walk
And miss the moments right before my eyes
Somebody with a hurt that I could have helped
Somebody with a hand that I could have held
When I just can’t see past myself
Oh Lord help me be
A little more like mercy’ a little more like grace
A little more like kindness’ goodness, love, and faith
A little more like patience’s a little more like peace
A little more like Jesus, a little less like me
Yeah, there’s no denying I have changed
‘Cause I’ve been saved from who I used to be
But even at my best’ I must confess
I still need help to see the way You see
Somebody with a hurt that I could have helped
Somebody with a hand that I could have held
When I just can’t see past myself
Oh Lord, help me be
A little more like mercy, a little more like grace
A little more like kindness, goodness, love, and faith
A little more like patience, a little more like peace
A little more like Jesus, a little less like me
Oh, I want to feed the beggar on the street
Love to be your hands and feet
Freely give what I receive
Lord, help me be
I want a friendship first above all else
Love my neighbor as myself
In the moments no one sees
Lord, help me be
One, two, three
A little more like mercy, a little more like grace
A little more like kindness, goodness, love, and faith
A little more like patience, a little more like peace
A little more like Jesus, oh, a little less like me
A little more of living everything I preach
A little more like Jesus, a little less like me
Oh, a little less like me
Special thanks to my faithful friend and Daily Meditations reader, Randy Bury, who blessed me with this song yesterday. We correspond often, but have never met face to face. I pray we can someday.
I had never heard this song. I watched it like 10 times.
I don’t know about you, but the biggest obstacle to my generosity is me. I am so busy doing important things sometimes that I “miss the moments right before my eyes.”
With Zach I feel like “I still need help to see” the way God sees. I
By God’s grace I am becoming aware that I need to “see past myself.” God’s producing “a little more” of all these good things in me by His grace and mercy. I pray the same for you today.
Watch it one more time so it soaks in.