The Weights of the World

The weights of the world are a burden

They  can captivate your soul

Ease comfort and pleasure can rule you

If you let them be in control

A pound of lead or a pound of gold

Will encumber you on the race.

The stuff that you own will own you

If you are locked up in their embrace

Chorus

Now lay it all down for true blessings

If you are God’s child you’re his heir

With the weights of the world on your shoulders

The load becomes too much to bear

Your possessions can surely possess you

These things that you covet are dust

And blessing can become a cruel curse

If they become where you put your trust

Oh the weights of the world are heavy

They can interrupt your pace

So press on toward the upward calling

Cast them off if you’d win the race

Chorus

Now lay it all down for true blessings

If you are God’s child you’re his heir

With the weights of the world on your shoulders

The load becomes too much to bear

Philippians 3:14;1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Hebrews 12:1-3; 2 Timothy 4:7-8

May 4, 2025

Anthony Foster