A Whisper

Whispers floats into my ear

the silence blinding

its loud roar I cannot hear

"Come here,

come there", I think it says

"Come where?

Where do I go?

Where do I stay?"

They sound so certain,

my mind so bare.

I ask again, "Come where?"

Is the answer rhetorical, 

is it something metaphorical? 

"Where do I go?

Where do I stay?", I say

I would sell all I have to hear this whisper

to hear it once, once more crisper

I sell it all

I give it all away

So I ask once more, 

"Where do I go?

Where do I stay?"

The whisper responds,

"Now you can hear

come near, come near

follow me, follow me."

Is it Light? Is it Dark?

There is something deep down
struggling to be found
it can hold life's treasures
it's worth cannot be measured,
but it is not worth a dime
its orders you must mime

it can speak
it can act
but you must do it,
on its behalf

it is a riddle waiting to be solved
it is a mystery that will evolve

it can love
it can hate
you choose which it creates

it is your heart.
is it light?
is it dark?

Sell Everything

A ruler asked Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life.  Jesus responded with telling the ruler he must follow God's commands.  The ruler said he had kept those since he was a boy.  Yet still Jesus said he was missing something.  Whether we have followed the commandments as closely as this ruler or not Jesus commands us all to, "Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.  Then come, follow me." (Luke 18:22)  Sell everything your wealth, sell your material possessions, sell your comfort, sell your food, sell everything that is not Jesus.  Give it to the poor.  Then after you have done this Jesus says "Come, follow me."  Are we willing to literally sell everything, to come follow Jesus?

Our purpose in this life is to love God and Jesus Christ our savior.  Love for God is defined in 1 John the word reads, "We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands.  The man who says 'I know him', but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.  But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him.  This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did." (2:3-6)  How much do we know God, do we love him, do we truly seek him if we do not follow his command to sell everything and give to the poor?  

I will continue to write on this topic of losing everything to gain life to the full with Christ, as God has really really convicted me with the greed, comfort, and selfishness of my life.  Jesus never told us to live comfortably, he never said life would be easy, lazy, full of sitting, full of entertaining yourself, or safe.  He tells us that a life following him and loving him is full of adventure, risk, it is uncomfortable, against the grain, dangerous, not culturally normal, it is hard, but this life with Christ will be freeing and will be revolutionary.  God is not always safe, but he is always good and he is always king! I pray that I not only write about this, but that I live it.  I challenge you to do the same.

"You do not believe a thing rightly until you act in accordance with it." - AW Tozer

The Route Home

We must repent
Our lives reinvent
He has given us grace
To the Lord we must face
Easy to wander, easy to stray
As Satan asks us to lay
But to the Lord we run
And to Satan we shun
Are you truly in His house,
where Satan hides quiet as a mouse?

A Life of Ease Or Him Well Pleased

Do I need this comfortable life,
or should I be living in strife?
Is this a blessing,
or is it a testing?
Do I live with those in need,
or do I embrace this life of greed?
Do I need material things,
or to the poor show the King?
To which a life of truth springs?
To which does death lose its sting?