Story for homeUse this story as part of a God-time at home, or as a bedtime story. It can also be used alongside this month’s Together sessions. You could teach the children the repeating chorus and say it together each time it occurs, doing actions as you repeat it.
Watch out! Watch out!
Don’t dance about,
And wave your hands,
And point and shout:
“Hey look at me!
Yeah look at me!
The king of generosity!
I’m giving all this stuff for free!”
For if your giving, in the end,
Is only to impress your friends,
It doesn’t matter what you spend.
Your goodness just feels fake, pretend.
Watch out! Watch out!
Don’t dance about,
And wave your hands,
And point and shout:
“Hey look at me!
Yeah look at me!
The king of generosity!
I’m giving all this stuff for free!”
So don’t make noise, like phonies do,
And pay a band to walk with you
With drum and trumpet and kazoo
So people will admire you.
Watch out! Watch out!
Don’t dance about,
And wave your hands,
And point and shout:
“Hey look at me!
Yeah look at me!
The king of generosity!
I’m giving all this stuff for free!”
For that will be your lone reward,
The only points you will have scored
And it won’t make you ‘God-adored’
No, he’ll be unimpressed and bored.
Watch out! Watch out!
Don’t dance about,
And wave your hands,
And point and shout:
“Hey look at me!
Yeah look at me!
The king of generosity!
I’m giving all this stuff for free!”
So give in secret, that’s the key!
Make sure your left hand doesn’t see
Your right hand’s generosity.
For that’s when God will sing with glee.
Watch out! Watch out!
Don’t dance about,
And wave your hands,
And point and shout:
“Hey look at me!
Yeah look at me!
The king of generosity!
I’m giving all this stuff for free!”
