The Ambassador shares his lyrics and a devotional thought for the title track on his EP "Hors D'Oeuvres". A new devotional message will be released each week to accompany a song from the EP.
HORS D’OEUVRES | THE DEVOTIONAL
Hors D'Oeuvres Lyrics
Turn this light out...
And so it begins
Hook
Imma be a waiter/ I can take the order/
How about that bread of life, how 'bout living water/
You didn’t ask but here’s an offer/
Come and get up on these hors d’oeuvres
This is just a hors d’oeuvre
This is just a hors d’oeuvre
A little rhyme—all word!
This is just a hors d’oeuvre
Verse 1
Anybody out there hungry/
Anybody want to feed their soul?/
Anybody out there want these/
Lyrics that I got...either fast or slow?/
Anybody got that tummy to taste God’s better than tightest flow?/
Wanna ride like a HUM-V? We can ride high on the righteous road/
If the answer’s “yes,” you don’t gotta press nothing, sit back ingest/
I'm bringing this truth around. You can just sit back and rest/
If the answer’s “no”—cool—I'm still gonna come your way/
Feel free to just let it go by, or try the array upon my tray/
No, you didn’t ask for it/ but the Chef wanted you to have more/
You know I had to get them scriptures out, Should've seen how I dug in like Hacksaw/
No frontin’ like a back door/... No sushi but that’s raw/
There's a place to r.i.p but, to get in He's key like a passport./
I'm spittin’ it, hoping you’re getting’ it. This is written real earnestly/
In fact this life is an hors d’oeuvre, but there’s eternity/
A little rhyme—all word/
More to come...But here’s an hors d’oeuvre.
Come and get up on these Hors d’oeuvres
This is just an hors d’oeuvre
A little rhyme—All word
This is just an hors d’oeuvre
Verse 2
Picture yourself at a black-tie affair/
You in the building and everyone’s there/
Photo shoot fresh even black-died your hair/
Some of you rockin’ some jewels—kind of rare/
What could make things even better to you?/
You’re thinking you know—Great cooking could/
They bring something that u didn't order but this is ok cause it’s “looking good”/
And it’s free.../How can it be?/
It’s from the Chef...this is complimentary/
This is the way that I look at the truth I’m wanting give to the people I meet/
It’s not the fact that you asked, it’s something I think that you need/
I figured I’d give you the option--you can take it or leave/
Nobody can make you believe/ nobody to make you receive/
Just A little rhyme—All word
There’s more to come... But here’s an hors d’ oeuvre.
Hook
Imma be a waiter/ I can take the order/
How about that bread of life, how 'bout living water/
You didn't ask but here’s an offer/
Come and get up on these hors d'oeuvres
This is just an hors d’oeuvre
This is just an hors d’oeuvre
A little rhyme—all word!
This is just an hors d’oeuvre
Imma be a waiter/ I can take the order/
How about that bread of life, how ‘bout living water/
You didn’t ask but here’s an offer...
Hors D'Oeuvres Devotional Thought
Recently, I have been contemplating the nature of both the message and ministry which our Lord
has entrusted to us who have placed saving faith in Him, and been sent into the world as His
representers. It was the risen Christ who dispatched Spirit empowered believers into the world,
which He described as the sending of “sheep in the midst of wolves” (Matt 10:16).
Apparently, Jesus means for His servants to brace for some kind of certain hostility, and some
measure of opposition. The “beef” that we face is usually due to the message we preach and the
ministry we do for the sake of Jesus. So in light of this reality, what would lead us to offer the
world anything from the Master’s table? What if they disrespect it, or mock it, or refuse it? Thus
the concept of "the hors d'oeuvres." Hors d'oeuvres are usually not requested, they are just
available for the public based on the Chef’s desire to provide them.
I’m reminded of a similar thought in the book of Isaiah, “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to
the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without
money and without price (55:1). Later, the Lord explains that the way to eat freely, not by
coercion, but in response to the gracious offer, is to “Listen diligently to me, and eat what is
good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul
may live...” (2-3).
Our message is from the Chef—and He has prepared truth to feast on, and eternal life to
consume. We must come to grips with the fact that Hip-hop, like the entire world, has no innate
appetite for the gospel, or the God who offers it.
In light of this reality some have concluded that we should not give the gospel to them. In fact,
within Christian Hip-hop circles and some “seeker oriented” ministry circles, gospel-
centeredness seems like an obvious counter-productive method of missional engagement. Often,
when the gospel is too present, or the exaltation of Jesus and His principles too forefront, people
will say, “that's for the church.” The inference is that it must be for the church because the world
would never want that.
To this logic, I say “NO!” The elevation of Christ, and the offer and explanation of His good
news is as much for the world as it is for the church. The imperative nature of our call to “go
and make disciples of all peoples” means that God, our Chef, has provided that which people are
free to take or leave, but it is very much intended for them to partake of and find life.
As hors d'oeuvres are given freely for enjoyment, so the crux of our message and ministry is
offered regardless of whether it has been requested or not. We offer it, expecting it to be received
as an acquired taste. We believe, as Jesus told the Pharisee, “No one can come to me unless the
Father who sent me draws him” (Jn 6:44).
Jesus Himself is an acquired taste, and without an appetite for Him due to the drawing of the
Father, people will not desire anything that makes too much of Him. Thus, the hors d'oeuvres
concept applies. We dare to keep Jesus on our menus, and on our tables—not because people
want it, but because God says that “repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in
His name to all nations...” (Lk 24:47).
To go even further, we persistently offer Him because Acts 4:12 declares that “there is salvation
in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be
saved.” People can go on iTunes and order what they want, but as for me and like-minded
believers we say, “Come and get up on these hors d'oeuvres!”
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