Moreh feat McMhubiri - Draw Close

When I wrote this song, I had just got introduced to the true gospel of Jesus Christ. Before then I only knew of the prosperity gospel, which is no gospel at all, and I had a very hard time reconciling the two. I was struggling to understand what these prosperity teachers taught which is “gain the whole world” and what Christ said in Mark 8:36 “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?”

The things of this world can’t satisfy us, the pleasures of this world can’t satisfy our empty souls, only Jesus Christ can and that’s why we need Him. It is with this view that I penned the song “I Need You Lord” it is a desire to know and grow in Godliness. The first verse is a phrase taken from Genesis 5:24 “Enoch walked with God and he was not, for God took Him.” It indicates that Enoch pleased God. This should be our desire as Christians to please God and be like Christ, to kill sin daily and to seek Him with all our hearts, souls and mind.

As a Christian I struggle daily with sin, discontentment, pride, selfishness, wanting more of my will instead of His and loving the world; This song is a desire to know God, to be closer to Him, to live for Him and His Glory and to serve Him, to be rooted deeply in the faith. It’s a need to be able to discipline myself to Godliness. Yes, we are justified by faith in Christ and God sees us through His righteousness, but sanctification is necessary, and killing sin through the help of Christ is the role we play in sanctification. Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me” yes even killing sin.

It is also a prayer and a cry to the Lord, in the chorus it says “I need you Lord, I need to know, I need to grow, to live for you alone not the things of this world” I’m helpless, I need God more than anything in this world. And like Paul in Philippians 1:8 “I am counting everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ.” Because Christ has become a treasure for me, I see it fit for me to find my satisfaction in Him alone. He might give me material possessions, but the way I hold on to them should show that He is the true treasure of my life not what He gives to me.
The song is based on Philippians 1:21 and Philippians 3:7-9
Before having the final sound we had recorded the song for about 4 times, I re-wrote the lyrics again until we were satisfied with the final product. Sonically the feeling is a southern tune produced by Charles ‘Kash’ Ndung’u founder /owner SuraNne Records and the hook was done by my brother in the faith Jacquiz.

I pray this song awakens in the listeners a desire to know Jesus Christ who gave Himself up for us while were yet sinners, He is the real treasure, our friends, wives, husbands, jobs, and any material possessions that we have are only gifts of His amazing grace. Let us lay our treasures up in heaven, let us be willing to Know Christ and His sufferings in order that we may share in His glory.

For His Glory Alone,

Moreh

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Moreh is a Christian HipHop/Rap artist based in Nairobi, Kenya.