Hungering ...
Psalm 73:25
25 Whom do I have in heaven but You?
I desire no one but You on earth.
Oh Lord! How do You perceive me?
Do I love You and I know not?
I can’t see this at this moment
as it appears I just forgot.
What is love ... can I perceive it?
In the scriptures You show it well.
Is it based on the forever
and engrained so I can tell?
Love never acts on impulse
it never acts at all
Deep in the inner part
it’s replenished after all.
You either got it or you don’t
has little to do with self.
Books explain that it’s a choice
but are collecting dust on a shelf.
True love may just happen
He just comes your way
and that seems the best part of it
for only He brings another day.
God looks not at our laboring
but at our love for Him.
He should be first in who we are
to be filled up to the brim.
To abandon our first Love
after we’ve been saved through Him
is like embracing death again
and treat blessings rather slim.
If we serve the Lord Jesus
it should be for love’s sake.
Nothing less will do for that
it would be just fake.
If Jesus is Lord of all
He should be over our affections.
He wants us to love others for His sake
to be completed in perfection.
Whatever is outside of Him
should be considered fake.
Whatever label we put on it
it’s not for Heaven’s sake.
If still worldly ways and cares
are embraced for satisfaction
then the like and lust for comfort
will be your delirious attraction.
Jan Wienen