New Release: Real Killer (James 1:13-15)
Donโt let anyone under pressure to give in to evil say, โGod is trying to trip me up.โ God is impervious to evil, and puts evil in no oneโs way. The temptation to give in to evil comes from us and only us. We have no one to blame but the leering, seducing flare-up of our own lust. Lust gets pregnant, and has a baby: sin! Sin grows up to adulthood, and becomes a real killer.
James 1:13-15 MSG
Selah Soul – “Real Killer (James 1:13-15)” [Official Music Video] by Wendy Merritt
Verse 1
She didnโt plan to fall
but the ground was familiar.
It looked like comfort,
smelled like โjust one time,โ
felt like maybe God forgot her name.
But that voice?
That whisper?
It didnโt come from Him.
That trap was homemade
stitched together from loneliness,
frustration,
old wounds that never healed right.
And in the silence,
she heard the truth:
This temptation ainโt from God.
This fire? It started in me.
Chorus
โDonโt let anyone under pressure to give in to evil say,
โGod is trying to trip me up.โ
God is impervious to evil, and puts evil in no oneโs way.
The temptation to give in to evil comes from us and only us.
We have no one to blame but the leering, seducing flare-up of our own lust.
Lust gets pregnant, and has a baby: sin!
Sin grows up to adulthood, and becomes a real killer.โ
Verse 2
You feel it, donโt you?
That pull when no oneโs lookingโ
the deal you almost made,
the number you didnโt delete,
the habit you renamed โcoping.โ
But truth?
Sin donโt stay small.
It grows teeth.
It grows quiet,
then loud,
then lethal.
That little compromise?
Itโs got big plans.
And if you feed itโ
itโll feed on you.
But God says:
Stop blaming Me.
That war?
Itโs in your hear
and I came to win it.
Chorus
โDonโt let anyone under pressure to give in to evil say,
โGod is trying to trip me up.โ
God is impervious to evil, and puts evil in no oneโs way.
The temptation to give in to evil comes from us and only us.
We have no one to blame but the leering, seducing flare-up of our own lust.
Lust gets pregnant, and has a baby: sin!
Sin grows up to adulthood, and becomes a real killer.โ
Bridge
But thereโs another story
that donโt end in the dark.
Thereโs another name
whispered in your wilderness.
Grace donโt run from the broken.
Mercy donโt shame the struggler.
Truth donโt trip you
it transforms you.
Chorus
โDonโt let anyone under pressure to give in to evil say,
โGod is trying to trip me up.โ
God is impervious to evil, and puts evil in no oneโs way.
The temptation to give in to evil comes from us and only us.
We have no one to blame but the leering, seducing flare-up of our own lust.
Lust gets pregnant, and has a baby: sin!
Sin grows up to adulthood, and becomes a real killer.โ
I see it nowโฆ what I fed, what I fought.
But He still calls me daughter
No blame, no shameโjust a Savior who came.
That real killerโs been crushed under real grace.
I donโt have to die in this.
I rise..
Written and Produced by: Wendy Merritt
Vocals: Selah Soul
Bible Translation: The Message
