So Much the More

Often the children and I get asked to sing in churches during the services, and this song is one we frequently choose. It's called "So Much the More" and it gives churches a charge to stand faithful to the end.

So  much  the  more  as  you  see  the  day  approaching.

So  much  the  more  when  His  coming  is  at  hand. 

We need  the  church,  and  the  saints,  and  the  worship  of  the  Lord 

To  stand  faithful  to  the  end,  so  much  the  more. 

There's  a  famine  in  the  land,  not  for  food  or  for  water, 

But  for  the  hearing  of  the  precious  Word  of  God. 

And  this  world  can't  understand  why  we  build  our  lives  around  it. 

As  for  me  and  my  house:  We'll  serve  the  LORD! 

So  much  the  more  as  you  see  the  day  approaching. 

So  much  the  more  when  His  coming  is  at  hand. 

We need  the  church,  and  the  saints,  and  the  worship  of  the  Lord 

To  stand  faithful  to  the  end,  so  much  the  more.

The title comes from Hebrews 10:25 "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching."

The section about famine in the land comes from Amos 8:11: "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:" Let us ever have a hunger and a thirst for God's  precious Word!

The charge continues with this well-known phrase from Joshua 24:15. "And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."

See the video of the kids and I singing it here:

https://vimeo.com/164129898