KEEP THE FAITH

Songs have played a huge part in bringing the confidence back in times of discouragement and demotivation. Songs play a valuable part in one’s life. We most times only look out for the beats and instrumentation to a song without paying much attention to the lyrics. Even if you do pay attention, we fail to digest what the lyrics say. Only when you digest lyrics do you understand the meaning to the song, why the writer wrote the song and under what circumstances the song came about.

The following lines are lyrics drawn out from a Michael Jackson song which is titled after the heading of this post. It tells us to have faith in all we do because only at that can you achieve a lot in life. The apostle Paul in 2 Timothy 4:7 said “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” (NKJV). It was through believing in faith that he was able to overcome the challenges he faced in his journey as a missionary, otherwise he would have ended prematurely but he fulfilled a lot because he carried faith along. Today the church can hardly go a day without making reference to him. Have some faith and you’ll be surprised at how much you can achieve in life.

*Please note that this is not the song in its entirety as some of the words from the original lyrics have been altered to suit the audience.

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Say those words

Like you understand them

Because the power of believing is in your hands

So give yourself a chance

As you can climb the highest mountain

And swim the deepest sea,

All you need is the will to want it

And a little self-esteem

So keep the faith

Don't let nobody turn you down

You’ve got to know when it's good to go

To get your dreams up off the ground

Believe in yourself

No matter what it's going to take

You can be a winner

But you got to keep the faith

I know that you can sail across the water

Float across the sky, high

Any road that you take will get you there

As long as you  try and believe

Just keep your eyes on the prize

Your feet flat on the ground

And keep the faith.

Lift up your head 
And show the world what you got

Go for what you want 
And don't let them get in your way

You can be a winner 
But you got to keep the faith

Better stand up 
And act like you want to do right

Don't play the fool 
For the rest of your life

Work on it 
And you'll make it someday

Go for what you want

And don't forget to keep the faith

Look at yourself 
And what you doing right now

Stand back a minute 
Just to check yourself out

Straighten out your life
And how you're living each day

Get yourself together 
Because you got to keep the faith

Get your mind on track

Get your self-respect back

Take it like you want it

Because it's just a matter of time
For  your confidence to run out

So if you believe you can do it
You've got to keep the faith.

Excerpt from “Keep the Faith” Anthony Dent, Michael Jackson, Sean Combs, Siedah Garrett, Faith Evans, Glen Ballard. 1991.

I do hope that as these words inspired me, it will be the same for you too. Don’t think of yourself alone. Why not share this with someone. It might go a long way in touching someone’s life.

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