7 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt. 8 They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’ – Exodus 32
A KNIGHT IN SHINING AMOUR (THE QUIET DISCIPLE)
Your mind! My mind!
The mind is the battle ground
but our souls we can always find–
they’re in God’s Heaven, safe and sound.
But if that battle is lost in us,
then we have chosen to give
our soul to the evil one
who doesn’t want you or I to live.
Or we can think of life as a prison
and we can get out on parole
for this behavior: accept our Savior
wrestled Satan for our soul.
Jesus did this by not reacting–
not turning to his self-will when
he could have used it to be exacting
revenge on who’d kill him.
A disciple knows this inner battle
will rage for all of his days
but he’s the one whose saber doesn’t rattle.
Instead, to God he prays!
And the Holy Spirit comes to his aid
and overpowers the spirit
of Satan, who tries to make man afraid
of his own soul and not get near it!
It’s in prayer we reconnect and know
God’s will for us each day–
find out where He wants us to go,
and say what He would say.
But if we withhold the fat of the lamb–
whatever that may be–
we’re trying to cheat the Great I Am!
Only truth shall set us free!
He asked us what we’d give to Him
in exchange for our dear soul
and that must be our thoughts, our whim–
which Satan from us stole
on that first day we, like a fool,
questioned whether Heaven was best.
We then were sent to His footstool
to be put to the test.
Would we sit at the feet of the LORD
or would we continue to search
for something that has never adored
us–would we leave the church?
Once upon a time, my friend,
you were His servant, but you got hurled
to earth to test your will to the end
of the breath His grace unfurled.
And we all have to the end of it
to make the choice for Home–
or we can choose not to submit
to His will, and, homeless, roam,
until He wills His Son’s return
when spirits will be recalled
to stand judgment, to arise or burn
in oceans that will scald.
Why gamble on a losing bet?
Why not choose life right now!
The price is this: short-term regret–
give up your sacred cow.
And the Holy Spirit comes to his aid
and overpowers the spirit
of Satan, who tries to make man afraid
of his own soul and not get near it!
It’s in prayer we reconnect and know
God’s will for us each day–
find out where He wants us to go,
and say what He would say.
But if we withhold the fat of the lamb–
whatever that may be–
we’re trying to cheat the Great I Am!
Only truth shall set us free!
He asked us what we’d give to Him
in exchange for our dear soul
and that must be our thoughts, our whim–
which Satan from us stole
on that first day we, like a fool,
questioned whether Heaven was best.
We then were sent to His footstool
to be put to the test.
Would we sit at the feet of the LORD
or would we continue to search
for something that has never adored
us–would we leave the church?
Once upon a time, my friend,
you were His servant, but you got hurled
to earth to test your will to the end
of the breath His grace unfurled.
And we all have to the end of it
to make the choice for Home–
or we can choose not to submit
to His will, and, homeless, roam,
until He wills His Son’s return
when spirits will be recalled
to stand judgment, to arise or burn
in oceans that will scald.
Why gamble on a losing bet?
Why not choose life right now!
The price is this: short-term regret–
give up your sacred cow.
