Today, these 2 poems. Tomorrow (or soon), the explanation.
To Delight in God’s Demands
To delight in God’s demands
To obey with empty hands
Giving all we have
Owing all that He
May give what He commands
This is the joy we find
Not of the worldly kind
Taking what we must
All that we will lose
To this we were yet blind
Until Christ demanded all
Though stricken from the fall
Worthless in ourselves
Adding but our sin
Yet grace answered His call
Jesus died for every nation
That He would be our adulation
Not as water nor of bread
Neither friends nor comfort do
Let us join the celebration
Obey For Joy
How is joy a root?
In soil rich and deep
Yet also a fruit
So naturally sweet?
To what is joy a seed
That grows into a bud
Becoming the food we need
Though rising from the mud?
What shall we say to this?
A mystery I pray
The point we sometimes miss
There’s joy when we obey
There’s delight in real obedience
Not mere knowledge of what’s true
This root makes all the difference
For fruit we can not lose.
