One Thing Lacked — Selah Sound Collective (Luke 18:18-23)

Verse 1 He came with his question already polished, Smooth as a coin worn thin. Good Master, what must I do to inherit The life that doesn't end? And the answer came back like a mirror turned Why do you call me good? There is One who is good, and you know His name. You've known it since childhood.

Verse 2 Do not murder. Do not steal. Do not lie about your brother. Keep the bed and keep the vow. Honour your father and mother. All of these, he said. I've kept them Since I was young enough to try. And he wasn't lying. Not one word. The ledger balanced clean.

Chorus One thing you lack. One thing. Sell it, give it, let it fall There's a treasure where the moth won't come. Then follow me. One thing you lack, and it's the one You were never going to give.

Verse 3 He did the arithmetic standing there, The fields, the gate, the men he paid. Nobody spoke. The dust hung in the light. The offer just stood in the road. He had kept every law they handed him Since the day that he could read, And he could not hand back a single field. Not one.

Chorus One thing you lack. One thing. Sell it, give it, let it fall There's a treasure where the moth won't come. Then follow me. One thing you lack, and it's the one You were never going to give.

Bridge And he was very sorrowful, For he was very rich. Both halves of the same sentence, The grief and the gold sewn in. No one ran after him. The door stayed open at his back. That's the loneliest mercy I know Being let go.

Final Chorus One thing I lack. One thing. I know its weight. I know its name. I have kept the rest since I was young. Don't ask me for that. One thing I lack, and it's the one I was never going to give.

Outro Good Master What must I do One thing. One thing.