Hearts, Freely and Totally Committed
By Ken L Birks
© 2018
Straight Arrow Ministries
Saved
according to God’s purposes we’re drawn.
Filled with
excitement and wonder, we respond
With hearts
engaged, we come with expectation.
Having tasted
of His goodness, we commit to Him.
With hearts
filled with hunger, we ask for more.
What is it
that is that is 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.
We learn to
behave like Christians, walking in
obedience.
We learn to
be fervent in spirit, rejoicing in hope.
We learn to
be patient in tribulation, counting it
all joy.
We’re
sensitive to the needs of others,
clinging to 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, time is redeemed for His
desires.
Freely and
totally committed, we bask in His
goodness.
Scripture
References: 2 Timothy 1:8-9, 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,
Matthew 6:33, Mark 14:36, Ephesians
5:15, Matthew 6:19-21.
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