Scales

Proverbs 3:7-8 

Do not be wise in your own estimation;
fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
8 This will bring healing to your body,
and refreshment to your inner self.

 

 

On a scale from zero to ten … ten being the highest

How close is my communication with the Lord?

It is difficult to imagine … that a higher ranking

Of one or a little less… would throw me overboard

 

If zero is the best I can be … would I not be the weakest?

Is this not the condition … for God to make me strong?

Is it not here I see … where my flesh is demeaning

In the power of God’s creed … and His security all along?

 

Did He not calm the storm … for them with little faith?

Did He not walk on water … to give a helping hand?

Did He not feed the needy … when hungry and delayed?

Did He not love the lepers … that none could understand?

 

Is it not pride that rates … self higher than ought to be?

Is it not a form of selfishness … to push closer to the Lord of all?

Would it not be better … with our tears to wash His Feet?

And to remain under His table … to gather crumbs as they fall

 

Is not a place of honor … for them that He calls?

Is it not His choice … who will sit close to Him?

Is His arm so short … that He can’t reach across the table?

To provide for all of those … who sit down to dine with Him?

 

Is it not how close we are to Him … that really is the issue?

But to truly realize … that He carries us through this life

As He whispers in our ears … is it His voice we’re hearing

Or only a sense the noise … of our selfish chosen cries

 

Let me be a zero … truly helpless as can be.

Let Him be a number … beyond comprehension

Let me live by His faith … and not by how I feel

Let my life become … a complete song of devotion

 

Jan Wienen

 

This poem is about: 
Me

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