It’s funny how God works sometimes. I guess we shouldn’t be surprised – that’s what He does!

A few weeks ago, I was listening to a sermon which mentioned ‘The Seven Ones’ in Ephesians 4. This immediately struck me as material for a song, so I drafted out a chorus and part of a verse, to finish at a later date. Then I came to the retreat in The Gambia this week (to lead worship) and what should be one of the main readings but Ephesians 4:1-16!! The very same bit! So, I quickly finished off the song and we sang it a couple of times at the retreat – it went down pretty well.

The song is in a slightly 80’s style, but with some more recent features (ie the Bm chord at the end of line 2 and the unresolved Esus4 chord). Remarkably, the entire song only contains six notes (D, E, F#, G, A and B). Yet it has eight basic chords! Unusual to have more chords than notes in a song, but there you go.

Here it is:

Walk a Walk that is Worthy

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(Based upon Ephesians 4:1-16)

______D________D/F#_______G___________D
Walk a walk that is worthy of His call upon your life
____Em__________D_____________Bm__A
With gentleness and patience for each o—ther
_____D__________D/F#_______G___________D
By His grace we can be free from bitterness and strife
__Em_____D________A___D
So unity and peace will ever reign
.
.
____A_______D
One body, one spirit,
___A________________D
One hope to which we’re called
___A___________F#______Bm
One baptism, one Lord, one faith
____Esus4__________A
One God and father of all
___________D
United in our saviour
___A_____________D
His love will make us strong
___A______________F#__Bm
The more we grow like Je–sus
___Em_____A_______D
The more we are made one

Bridge:
D___C
He is above all
____G
And through all
____D
And in all (x2)