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Pain Can Make Us Willing

In an old Christian song titled "Hornets", the verses recount the stories of Jonah, Moses, and Balaam, and how God got them to say or do what he wanted them to, even though they were unwilling at first. The song gets its title from a verse that explains how hornets can make a person leave a room, not against their will, but willingly.

The chorus goes:

He does not compel us to go (no, no)
He does not compel us to go
He does not compel us to go 'gainst our will
But he just makes us willing to go.

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