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Hearts Freely Committed
By Kenneth L.
Birks
Saved
according to God’s purposes, we’re
drawn.
Filled with
excitement and wonder, we respond.
With hearts
engaged, we come with expectations.
Having tasted
of His goodness, we commit to Him.
With hearts
filled with hunger, we ask for more.
What is it
that’s required, we ask?
Hearts freely
and totally committed, He responds.
What does
that entail, and what’s the cost, we
ask?
Hearts
committed as living sacrifices; He
responds.
With hearts
filled with questions, we count the
cost.
Looking down
from heaven, He finds those who seek.
Will we be
those whom He finds, we wonder?
As we count
the cost and fully commit, He finds.
Now ready to
fully discover what’s ahead, we engage.
With hearts
fully set on His purposes, we rejoice.
With hearts
fully engaged, we discover His gifts.
Learning to
behave like Christians, we walk in
obedience.
Learning to
be fervent in spirit, we rejoice in
hope.
Learning to
be patient in tribulation, we count it
all joy.
Sensitive to
needs of others, we cling to His
goodness.
No longer
slaves to sin, we’re untangled from
worldly affairs.
With our
decisions now based on kingdom
realities, we rejoice.
No longer my
will, but His will, we freely give
generously.
Walking
circumspectly, we redeem time for His
desires.
Freely and
totally committed, we bask in His
goodness.
Scriptures to Meditate Upon
1 Peter
2:1-3, Luke 14:27-30, Psalm 14:2, Romans
12:1-2, Romans 12:9-21, 2 Timothy 2:1-4
Mark 14:36, Ephesians 5:15, Matthew
6:19-21, 33.
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May God bless
you as you give yourself to Him
wholeheartedly in all that you do.
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