Words by Bob Hartman 

Based on 2 Peter 2:20



There are things that look attractive 

on the surface of despair 

There are things that hold my interest when I really shouldn't 

care 

I have felt intoxicated viewing 

pleasures from afar 

But I've been illuminated when they're seen for what they are 

Keep me ever closer 

Save me from this strong seducing... 



Magnet of the world 

It reaches to my heart and pulls me 

Magnet of the world 

Wants to keep me far from You 

If it wasn't for Your love that holds me 

I would give in to the 

Magnet of the world 



When a compass pulled by magnetism points a different way 

It's not hard to lose your bearings, it's not hard to go astray 

Guide me with Your lighthouse 

Keep me from the rocks and from this 



When will I be free from this 

The unfulfilling counterfeit 

When will I learn to resist 

The constant pull that does exist 

Take me farther from this path 

Of least resistance now 

Will You show me how? 



And if it wasn't for Your love 

that holds me 

I would give in to 

The magnet of the world 

It reaches to my heart and pulls me 

Magnet of the world 

Wants to keep me far from You 

Magnet of the world 

It reaches to my heart and pulls me 

Magnet of the world 

Magnet of the world...