You
When the world calls to me,
let me choose You.
When it asks me to turn from You or use You for money,
let me choose You.
When the world offers me power,
let me choose You.
If the world offers me all the food I could devour,
let me choose You.
You are the creator of all things;
let me worship you and not your creation.
Help my heart seek only the joy Your love brings;
Help me cast aside my desire for the material for the grace of salvation.
Should the world offer me glory or fortune or fame,
please, Lord, let me instead choose to honor Your holy Name.
Thirst, Come, Drink
The water of the earth can’t compare.
Any who drink of it, will be thirsty again.
To those who truly thirst, do not despair;
True living water exists for such men and women.
Come to Him, who can satisfy your thirst.
Seek Him, and you will find.
All who come to him, be they last or first,
will be provided for, for he is the Savior of mankind.
Drink deeply the water he gives.
Drink ,and you will be filled.
For he is the Savior who died and yet lives;
He is the Messiah, who did just as God willed.
Only believe in Him, who has come from the Father,
for those who believe, out of their hearts, will flow rivers of living water.
Forgiveness and Peace
Please rid my heart of this anger.
Forgive me for this sin.
Change my heart, oh Great Redeemer,
and purify me from within.
I feel slighted,
but vengeance is yours.
The fury in my heart has been ignited,
but judgement is all an angry heart procures.
Help me to turn my cheek.
Help me to give away my cloak.
Take my prideful heart and make it meek.
Grant me a heart that doesn’t provoke.
Help peace reign where anger lives.
O Heavenly Father, please great me a heart that forgives.
Whom He Chose
Let us prefer to be foolish
rather than regarded by this world as wise.
Let us think all earthly things rubbish
next to Heaven’s glorious prize.
Let us choose to be weak
rather then regarded as strong.
For it is written that Heaven belongs to the meek.
He who relies on his own strength will discover himself wrong.
Let us praise our God who raised up what is low
to make nothing things that are.
For those who worship God know,
His power is the greatest by far.
Let us not seek to meet any standards of this earth,
but instead let us seek to praise God, for what he gives is all that has worth.
What Must Change
This world is broken,
and I lack the power to fix it.
My pride demands I be outspoken;
It pulls me from Christ and won’t let me submit.
If I claim I know what should occur,
I place myself on the throne of perfection.
The world can’t run as I prefer,
if indeed I’ve given Christ all my affection.
If he is my ruler,
I can’t demand control.
If Christ is my ruler,
I must trust in him with all my soul.
It isn’t the world that should change to my whim;
rather it is I who much change, which is only possible through Him.
The Betrayer
Woe to he who would betray
Christ the Savior on that fateful day.
This deaf fool heard all Jesus had to say,
but could not bear to submit and obey.
Woe to he who accepted thirty pieces of silver
as a blood price for his terrible deed.
He thought he was a clever deceiver,
but Christ choose him that Jesus may do as God decreed.
Woe to he who tried to feign remorse,
for his actions showed his lie.
Rather than face the consequence of his chosen course,
he instead chose to die.
Woe to he who betrayed Jesus with scorn,
For it would be better for him if he had not been born.
Blind
They spoke the truth about what would happen.
They recognized what the sign would do.
Their hearts were hardened against what was done then,
for they refused to see what was plainly true.
Lazarus rose, and many believed.
Rather than rejoice, the leaders feared they’d lose their place.
In truth, they weren’t deceived.
Rather they wanted to avoid disgrace.
But God found a use even for the blind Caiaphas,
For the high priests’ lips spoke prophetic words.
It is better that Jesus died for us.
Indeed, the death of the Lamb saved the herd.
God used their blind and hardened hearts for our gain.
For Jesus died and rose again, just as the Father did preordain.
M.L.S. Weech 