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Learn to Do Right
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A song about the fatherless kid down the street, the story we scroll past, and the difference between a faith we sing and a faith we live out with our hands. This devotional walks through the song's call to seek justice, defend the oppressed, and take up the cause of the vulnerable — ending where it must always end, with the singer asking God to start the work with them, tonight.
"Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow."
A song for the road you're on.
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Learn to Do Right Dirt Road Gospel Music DirtRoadGospelMusic.com [Verse 1] There's a kid on Miller Street, no father coming home Makes his dinner out of nothing, does his growing up alone We just scroll right past his story like we never saw it burn God, when did looking away get so easy to learn [Chorus] Learn to do right, seek justice down here Defend the ones too worn down to fight Take up the cause of the fatherless child Stand with the widow, plead her case tonight 'Cause faith without hands is just a pretty song Learn to do right [Verse 2] She buried him in April, and the flowers came for weeks Now it's late October, no one fills his empty seat The roof leaks in the kitchen and the bills don't make sense And all our thoughts and prayers are sitting on the fence [Chorus] Learn to do right, seek justice down here Defend the ones too worn down to fight Take up the cause of the fatherless child Stand with the widow, plead her case tonight 'Cause faith without hands is just a pretty song Learn to do right [Bridge] You can sing your sweet songs, raise your hands up high But He turns His face when the broken pass us by He said learn to do right, seek justice Defend the oppressed Take up the cause of the fatherless Plead the case of the widow That's not just ink on an old page That's the worship He'll bless [Breakdown] Learn to do right... learn to do right... [Final Chorus] Lord, teach us to do right, seek justice down here Make us stand for the ones too worn down to fight We'll take up the cause of the fatherless child Walk with the widow, plead her case tonight 'Cause a repost isn't rescue and a like was never love Teach us to do right [Outro] Lord, teach us to do right... start with me tonight