Lyrics · Matthew
Leave the Nets
Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:1-11; John 1:35-51
Lyrics
About this song
About this song
This song belongs to the Matthew collection. 8 recordings are available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.
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[Verse 1]
Andrew heard the Baptist witness,
Found his brother, brought him near.
Philip called Nathanael,
Though Nazareth drew a sneer.
At the lake, the crowds pressed closely;
Simon lent his boat for speech.
When the teaching ended, nets
Went down into the deep.
[Chorus]
Leave the nets upon the shoreline.
Leave the boats and follow Him.
A greater catch than silver fish
Awaits beyond the rim.
Leave the nets upon the shoreline;
The ordinary day is done.
Those who hauled the lake at morning
Will gather souls beneath the Son.
[Verse 2]
All night labor yielded nothing,
Yet at His word they tried again.
Fish filled both the boats to sinking;
Simon fell before Him then.
Fear not, fisherman of Galilee;
A different work would rise.
James and John left Zebedee
Beneath the open skies.
[Bridge]
One heard, one brought another.
One doubted, then believed.
The call moved person into person;
A band of witnesses was formed.
[Final Chorus]
Leave the nets upon the shoreline,
Not because the sea was small,
But because the One who filled it
Had spoken through a greater call.

