# Service Was Always Your Language - Tolu Sarah Johnson

Verse 1 All my life I believed the highest calling was quietly serving people without expecting anything back. Every helping hand, every shared meal and every unseen kindness felt sacred to me. I thought these were gifts we offered to the world through grateful hearts. Then You looked across the table and asked one question that changed everything. *"Who do you think first taught the human heart how to serve?"* I searched for an answer... but silence was all I could offer. --- Pre-Chorus Then memories I had almost forgotten quietly began returning one after another. What I once called coincidence suddenly looked like something far more beautiful. --- Chorus I thought service was my gift to You. Now I see it was always Your gift to me. You were serving me long before I ever thought about serving You. Every act of kindness carried the quiet fingerprints of Your heart. Every helping hand whispered a language I had never recognised before. Now I understand... *service has always been Your language.* --- Verse 2 I remembered the neighbour who stayed when everyone else quietly walked away. The stranger who carried my burden before I had even asked for help. The teacher who believed in me when I could find no reason to believe in myself. The family who shared their table without ever asking what I could offer in return. None of them realised they were answering prayers I never knew how to pray. Yet somehow... You were quietly present in every one of those moments. --- Pre-Chorus The more I looked behind the kindness I had received throughout my life... The more often I found You already standing there. --- Chorus I thought service was my gift to You. Now I see it was always Your gift to me. You were serving me through ordinary people long before I knew Your face. Love kept reaching me in ways I never learned to recognise. Every generous heart became another window into Yours. Now I understand... *service has always been Your language.* --- Bridge Then I finally asked the question that had quietly followed me all morning. "Were You really there every single time someone chose compassion instead of themselves?" You smiled with the gentleness of Someone remembering every moment. Then You answered, *"Love has never watched suffering from a distance."* *"Love has always walked toward it."* And suddenly... every act of service I had ever witnessed... became another glimpse of You. --- Final Chorus I thought service was my gift to You. Now I know I was only learning to speak Your language. You were loving people long before I ever joined the conversation. Every meal shared... Every burden carried... Every stranger welcomed... Every quiet sacrifice... was teaching me who You had always been. Now I understand... *service has always been Your language.* --- Outro Looking back... I thought I was following the path of compassion. Now I know... I was following the footprints of the One who walked it first. And somehow... You had been leading me... through love... all along. --- Welcome to our channel. This ministry is led by Tolu Sarah Johnson and Matthew Robert Payne, two followers of Jesus who are passionate about helping people move beyond religion into a genuine relationship with God. Thank you for being here. Connect with us : Tolu Sarah Johnson YouTube : Unboxed God :(   / @unboxedgod  ) Amazon Author Page: [https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Tolu-Sarah...] Matthew Robert Payne YouTube: (   / @matthewrobertpayne  ) Amazon Author Page: (https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Matthew-Ro...]) For enquiries or ministry contact: 📧 [Tolu @ [email protected] and Mattthe @ [email protected]] "Our desire is not to help people become more religious, but to help them truly know the Father."