From the recording The Kingdom In The Ordinary
“Ordinary God” is a warm country gospel testimony about discovering the Kingdom of God not only in grand visions, nations, mountains, and midnight prayers, but also in the quiet, familiar places of everyday life. With a front-porch-at-sunset sound shaped by acoustic guitar, harmonica, fiddle, banjo, steel guitar, and a mature storytelling vocal, the song reflects on a lifetime of walking with the Lord through family, work, provision, hidden seeds, and simple moments.
The message is tender and deeply grateful: God has been present all along. In leaves along the driveway, pizza on the stove, laughter with loved ones, and the work that once seemed small, His sacred footprints can be found. This song reminds listeners that Heaven’s pipelines often run beneath plain ground, and the Kingdom is not waiting somewhere far away. It has been with us, walking beside us, in ordinary love.
Lyrics
Ordinary God
Creation Date
13 Jun 2026, 9:28 PM
Characters
2799
Genres
country acoustic., harmonica-driven, banjo-heavy, fiddler, steel guitar
Languages
English
Vocalist gender
Male
[STYLE: Country Gospel Bolero. Warm nostalgic storytelling vocal. Mature male voice in the spirit of Kenny Rogers, Don Williams and Johnny Cash. Acoustic guitar, upright bass, brushed drums, harmonica, fiddle, light piano and soft strings. Front porch at sunset atmosphere. Reflective testimony of a lifetime walking with God. Emotional but restrained. Focus on gratitude, faithfulness and God's presence in ordinary daily life. No modern worship builds. No rock. No EDM. Organic, intimate, timeless, heartfelt. Cinematic ending.]
THE KINGDOM IN THE ORDINARY
(Verse 1)
[G]
I have stood before the mountains
[C]
And I've dreamed about the sea
[G]
I've prayed for all the nations
[D]
And what the Lord would have of me
[G]
I've written songs at midnight
[C]
I've watched the morning rise
[G]
I've asked the Lord for answers
[D] [G]
With tears standing in my eyes
(Pre-Chorus)
[C]
But somehow in the middle
[G]
Of all the things I planned
[C]
The Kingdom kept on finding me
[D]
In simple things at hand
(Chorus)
[G]
In the leaves along the driveway
[C]
In the pizza on the stove
[G]
In the little things of living
[D]
And the people that I love
[G]
In the work I thought was small work
[C]
In the seeds I couldn't see
[G]
The Kingdom wasn't waiting somewhere else
[D] [G]
The Kingdom was with me
(Verse 2)
[G]
I've spoken to the masses
[C]
And I've sat and prayed alone
[G]
I've built a thousand projects
[D]
That the world has never known
[G]
I've watched the Lord provide things
[C]
That no man could explain
[G]
And I've learned that Heaven's pipelines
[D] [G]
Often run beneath the plain
(Chorus)
[G]
In the leaves along the driveway
[C]
In the pizza on the stove
[G]
In the little things of living
[D]
And the people that I love
[G]
In the work I thought was small work
[C]
In the seeds I couldn't see
[G]
The Kingdom wasn't waiting somewhere else
[D] [G]
The Kingdom was with me
(Bridge)
[C]
David had his sheepfold
[G]
Moses had the sand
[C]
Peter had his fishing nets
[D]
And calluses on his hands
[C]
The Lord who made the heavens
[G]
And hung every star above
[C]
Still walks beside His children
[D]
In ordinary love
(Final Chorus)
[G]
In the songs that filled the nighttime
[C]
In the roads beneath my feet
[G]
In the laughter of my family
[D]
And the moments bittersweet
[G]
I spent years looking for glory
[C]
Only finally to see
[G]
The Kingdom wasn't waiting somewhere else
[D] [G]
The Kingdom was with me
(Tag - slow and intimate)
[C]
And when I look behind me
[G]
At the places I have trod
[C]
I find the sacred footprints
[D]
Of the ordinary God
[C]
And when I look behind me
[G]
At the places I have trod
[C]
I find the sacred footprints
[D] [G]
Of the ordinary God