Song for Sunday - My Allegiance

I might get in trouble for this one, but I didn't write it. After all, "I am just a mockingbird. I've got no new songs to sing*." I am guessing that several of us attended worship services today that focused a lot (of not all) of the service on Memorial Day. I've got mixed feelings about that. I fully believe that as believers, we invite God into every aspect of our lives. I believe God answers prayers and that He invites us to cast our cares upon Him, including prayers for loved ones serving our country. However, I am not a fan of worship services that focus more on country than on Christ. I love this country, and I love patriotic celebrations. Just not when I'm supposed to be in a worship gathering.

A King and A Kingdom by Derek Webb

Who's your brother, who's your sister
You just walked passed him
I think you missed her
As we're all migrating to the place where our father lives
'Cause we married in to a family of immigrants

My first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man
My first allegiance is not to democracy or blood
It's to a king & a kingdom

There are two great lies that I've heard:
"the day you eat of the fruit of that tree, you will not surely die"
And that Jesus Christ was a white, middle-class republican
And if you wanna be saved you have to learn to be like Him

But nothing unifies like a common enemy
And we've got one, sure as hell
But he may be living in your house
He may be raising up your kids
He may be sleeping with your wife
Oh no, he may not look like you think

My first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man
My first allegiance is not to democracy or blood
It's to a king & a kingdom

*This is a line from the title track off of the same Derek Webb album. It's an amazing album- a little different from his Caedmon's Call days, but just as challenging.