Better Pasture

Not everything called order is righteous
Not everything called covering is love
Not everything called unity is holy
But you are holy
And you are leading us home
Home
Yeah, and you are leading us home

Yeah, they dress control up like it came from heaven
Put fear in the room and call it a reverence
The silence said that it was brokenness
Kept us underneath and called it faithfulness
That made his function sound so spiritual
Made all that bondage seem so beautiful
You surrender just to kill discernment
But what's built on fear always gets uncovered
You show me not every hand on me was healing
Not every word on me was saving
Some things wore the robe of wisdom
You reveal what all of it meant

If it's a pattern, it was there by design
If it keeps crushing souls, it's not divine
You're calling your people out in time
Out of the dark and into light

Christ is lord
You're still the shepherd over all of us
Leading us out, leading us into better pasture
No more chains
Dressed up like loyalty and sacrifice
You call it out and lead us into better pasture
Better pasture
You lead us into better pasture

Manipulation is not of the spirit
Domination gets loud, but heaven don't hear it
Slander in the corners, jealousy in the seats
Love money in the house, now the table isn't clean
They call it covering but it cover sin
Called it family but wouldn't let truth in
Called it vision but protected the system
What they kept alive started living in them

Church was never made to revolve around a mission
It was built for love, for communion
Truth and vision
So when the ground is cracked, reformation has to come
You can't hear what's broken by acting like there's none

If it's a pattern, it was there by design
If it keeps crushing souls, it's not divine
You're calling your people out in time
Out of performance, into life

Christ is love
You're still the shepherd over all of us
Leading us out, leading us into better pasture
No more chains
Dressed up like loyalty and sacrifice
You call it out and lead us into better pasture
Better pasture
You lead us into better pasture

It's not a God problem, it's a church problem
When pride goes unchecked and ambition turns to doctrine
It's not revival if truth is buried
It's not your kingdom
If your people leave wounded, you're cleansing the temple
Starting at the altar, you're tearing down idols at the root in the structure

Christ is lord
He's still leading us out, leading us into better pasture
Teach us love, teach us truth
Teach us how to walk in holy fear
Oh treasure
Oh, in the freedom of your spirit

Christ is love
He's still the shepherd of all of us
Leading us out, leading us into better pasture
Better pasture
Leading us out, leading us into better pasture

Not everything called order is righteous
Not everything called covering is love
Not everything called unity is holy
But you are holy and you are leading us home