Hymns/Songs:
The World God Imagines
This hymn was inspired by the theme of the 2022 meeting of the Hymn Society in the USA and Canada. It draws on different biblical images of ideal times and places: the Peaceable Kingdom (Isaiah 11), the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2) and the new Jerusalem (Revelation 4 & 21). It is written in a Contemporary Christian style perhaps similar to that of the Rend Collective or Robin Mark. Note that the recording is a semitone higher than the written music, and modulates up another semitone for the last verse.
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THE WORLD GOD IMAGINES Words and Music: David Kai ©2022
The lion and bear, like the cattle will graze
This is the world God imagines
When wolf lies with lamb we will all be amazed
This is the world God imagines
CHORUS:
No hurt or destruction in this holy place
Where justice and peace are flowing free
The earth will be full of the knowledge of God
This is the world God imagines
A garden creation, we’ll tend it with care
Work for the world God imagines
Its harvest of plenty with all we will share
Work for the world God imagines
CHORUS:
No hurt or destruction in this holy place
Where justice and peace are flowing free
The earth will be full of the knowledge of God
Work for the world God imagines
A heavenly city, its courts filled with praise
Sing for the world God imagines
Surrounding the Lamb grateful voices we’ll raise
Sing for the world God imagines
CHORUS:
No hurt or destruction in this holy place
Where justice and peace are flowing free
The earth will be full of the knowledge of God
Sing for the world God imagines
The Spirit of God lives among us today
To bring the world God imagines
While Jesus walks with us to guide all our ways
To bring the world God imagines
CHORUS:
No hurt or destruction in this holy place
Where justice and peace are flowing free
The earth will be full of the knowledge of God
This is the world God imagines
This is the world God imagines
This is the world God imagines.
