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HIS ALL INCLUSIVE SACRIFICE
JESUS IS “THE” PERFECT SACRIFICE,
ELSE, HE COULD NOT HAVE PAID FOR ME;
THAT VERY STATEMENT IS SO OUTRAGEOUS...
IT’S ALMOST BLASPHEMY!
OH, I KNOW THIS IS TRUE; I CAN GIVE YOU THE VERSES,
THAT HIS LOVE WROTE FOR US TO READ;
BUT, THERE’S SOMETHING FURTHER ,
HE’S BEEN BOTHERING ME ABOUT:
JUST WHAT IS A “SACRIFICE” TO ME?
IN ‘ITS’ HIGHEST FORM, I THINK, A RESPONSE
AND I DON’T MEAN, I PAY FOR MY PRICE...
BUT, RATHER, EXPECTING HE MEANT WHAT HE SAID,
AND HIS SACRIFICE WILL SUFFICE...
TO MEET ALL MY NEEDS SO THAT I CAN BE...
NOT BURDENED BY A LOVE WHOSE NAME IS: MONEY.
I EITHER LOVE HIM AND DO WHAT HE SAID...
OR MONEY’S MY MASTER AND MY PRICE LAYS DEAD.
IT’S ROOTS GO DEEP, NOT “THE PAPER” ITSELF,
BUT, OH, HOW IT ALLOWS ME TO BE LORD OF MYSELF...
AND, SHOULD I CHOSE JESUS, IN HIS PLAN FOR TODAY,
I FIND I EVALUATE WHAT “MONEY” HAS TO SAY.
HE SAYS: “YOU MUST WORK AND BE RESPONSIBLE”;
“YOU ARE GETTING OLDER; WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU?”
INDEED, WE ARE GETTING TO THE “BOTTOM LINES”,
AND “THE LOVE OF MONEY” IS MORE CLEARLY DEFINED.
OF COURSE WE SHOULD WORK AND BE DISCIPLINED;
BUT NOT SO THE PAY CHECK CAN TAKE YOU FROM HIM.
WELL, “HOW CAN I KNOW, SO THAT THIS WON’T BE SO?”
HE SAID, ‘FIRST, IT’S THE TENTH PART THAT YOU MUST SOW”...
ALWAYS REMEMBERING WHAT HE SAID THAT HE’D DO...
IN HIS PERFECT SACRIFICE THAT HE PAID FOR YOU.
THEN, AS YOU GET FED-UP WITH CHAINS ON YOUR NECK,
YOU BRING HIM TO ACCOUNT FOR YOUR NEEDS BEING MET.
IN THE PROCESS OF ALMS AND OFFERINGS,
YOUR FOCUS STARTS CHANGING,
AND YOU DON’T LOVE THE THING...
THAT HAS HELD YOU FROM FREEDOM
AND “CREATED” SUCH STRIFE ...
A SABBATH DECEPTION, THAT LORD OF YOUR LIFE!
JESUS SAID THAT “IT’S” LOVE IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL,
AND WE SEE THAT CLEARLY WITH WARS,
YES, ALL THAT GREED, IN THE SYSTEMS OF THE WORLD...
BUT YOUR CONTRIBUTION’S BEEN IGNORED.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF, IN OUR CHOICES,
(AND WE CHOSE ONE EVERY DAY)
IF WE SAID, “ENOUGH! I’M GOING TO CUT OFF THAT HEAD!
AND PROVE YOU, JESUS, WILL DO ALL YOU SAY!”
NOW YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE LAST STRONGHOLD;
WHOSE FOUNDATION YOU’VE BUILT ON, WITH NO REST;
THE CORNERSTONE OF THAT ENTITY’S PALACE,
IS INSCRIBED WITH HIS NAME OF “DEATH”.
THE THING I SHOULD SEE, IS THAT IN HIS SACRIFICE FOR ME,
HAS ALSO INCLUDED THIS VICTORY...
TO NOT HAVE TO BEND AND CARRY WORK’S LOAD;
THE LAST ENEMY, DEATH, HAS BEEN EXPOSED.
RATHER, IS NOT THIS THE WAY I HAVE CHOSEN
AND WENT ON TO COMPLETE WHAT I SAID:
WHEN YOU SEE THE HUNGRY, THEN YOU FEED HIM,
AND GIVE HIM FROM YOUR DAILY BREAD!
WHEN YOU SEE THE NAKED, THEN GIVE HIM YOUR CLOTHES;
WILL I LET YOU GO NAKED AND BE EXPOSED?
THIS IS MY FAST THAT WILL MEET EVERY NEED,
AS I MULTIPLY YOU...BECAUSE YOU HAVE BELIEVED...
AND PUT YOUR FEET TO THE THINGS THAT I’VE SAID,
AND MADE ME YOUR DELIGHT ...NEVER LACKING IN BREAD;
AND NOT DOING YOUR OWN PLEASURE...
CHOOSING SABBATH’S INSTEAD.
RIDING ON THE ”HIGH PLACES” , WITH “HINDS FEET”,
NOW YOU SEE:
A PLACE OF GREAT PEACE; I’VE SECURED YOU FOR ME!!!
JULY 28TH, 2005.
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