This week’s featured song story comes to us from Consumed By Fire. We’re excited to share with you the story behind their song “First Things First.”
“We don’t want the message of the song to be confused for dos & don’ts as much as it is not losing our first love, that whole seeking the kingdom first. We can do a lot of things, all of us in the world with our lives, but if it doesn’t have eternal weight to it then what’s it matter?” – Jordan Ward (Consumed By Fire)
Click on the video below to hear Consumed By Fire share the story. Scroll down to listen and read the full lyrics of the song.
“First Things First” – Single
“First Things First” Lyrics
All the things that I have held dear
The vanities that whispered in my ear
What would I do if they all disappeared
Riches and fame and all that they could buy
I’ve come to find they never satisfy
What would I gain if my soul’s the price
I don’t wanna love what the world loves
I don’t wanna chase what the world does
I only want you
I only want you
First thing’s first
I seek Your will
Not my own
Surrender all my wants to you
Keep the first thing first
To live Your truth
Walk Your ways
Set my eyes Lord
I fix my face on you
All my desires reversed
To keep the first thing first
I give it all
My life an offering
My heart is yours so
So have Your way in me
Your kingdom’s all I wanna seek
I don’t wanna love what the world loves
I don’t wanna chase what the world does
I only want you
I only want you
First thing’s first
I seek Your will
Not my own
Surrender all my wants to you
Keep the first thing first
To live Your truth
Walk Your ways
Set my eyes
Lord I fix my face on you
All my desires reversed
To keep the first thing first
To keep the first thing first
All my desires reversed
To keep the first thing first
To keep the first thing first
First thing’s first
I seek Your will
Not my own
Surrender all my wants to you
Keep the first thing first
To live Your truth
Walk Your ways
Set my eyes
Lord I fix my face on you
All my desires reversed
To keep the first thing first
To keep the first thing first
To keep the first thing first
All my desires reversed
To keep the first thing first