Kent Henry - Let's Take Time Lyrics

Let’s Take Time is a quiet call to pause before acting and depend on God rather than human effort. Each verse centers on waiting for the Lord, first by listening for his voice and then by receiving his Word. The repeated lines make stillness itself the song’s main discipline, while the image of building a house warns against activity that lacks divine direction.

The lyric directly draws from Psalm 127:1, which says that unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. That passage gives the refrain a practical edge: prayerful waiting is not passivity but an acknowledgment that lasting work depends on God. Isaiah 40:31 also connects waiting on the Lord with renewed strength. By pairing attention to God’s voice with nourishment from Scripture, the song portrays worship as patient trust, careful listening, and readiness to move only from a foundation God establishes.