Luke 5:17-26

People Get Ready
People get ready, there's a train comin'.
You don't need no baggage, you just get on board.
All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin'.
You don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord.

So People get ready, there's a train to Jordan
Picking up passengers coast to coast.
Faith is the key, open the doors and board them.
There's hope for all among those loved the most.

There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner
Who would hurt all mankind just to save his own.
Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner
For there is no hiding place against the Kingdom's throne.

People get ready, there's a train comin'.
You don't need no baggage, just get on board.
All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin'.
You don't need no ticket, just thank the Lord.

People Get Ready by Curtis Mayfield wrote it during the turmoil of the 1960's civil rights movement in America

Curtis wants us to look with a clear view ahead

Curtis sang there's no hiding place against the kingdoms throne
this old R& B Gospel Song points us the way of Jesus

We're hurled right into the present
Think about the pressures weighing you down
Hardships, trials, troubles, sinned against
Misunderstood, cravings

Our struggle goes somewhere
troubles take us places of regret and uncertainty

some songs are like a beam of light shining in that dark corner of our souls