IS THE LORD HAPPY
'Is the Lord happy with thee, Wispered a voice I know not, 'Is not thy heart full of iniquity? 'Upon thee, surely is God's wrath!'
Refrain: Yes I know! But I have one, Who ever liveth to plead for me! He is my plea! He is my horn! By Him, from all guilts, I am free!
'Behold thy very services to God,' Me keep hearing a voice within, 'They are all flat, fireless and dull: Can God take such services in?'
'Search the scripture: Oh enquire At the apostles' inn, thou'd keep, That thou, unlike them, hast no fire, A mark and token of true postleship!'
'I would bring thee to thy master In the wilderness: see how He prayed With fervency, see! Thou art a jester, If thou think thou're like Him made!'
'I was arch over the host of heaven; The face of Jehovah I looked upon: But a single slip made me uneven With Him: wilt thou get His pardon?'
'Know' I retort back, 'thou evil crook, Jesus is my wisdom, labour, horn, Rigtheosness, justifier, He's my brook, He is me standing before God's throne!'
'God forbid I boast in anything, save His cross! On His good credit I stand: Free from the power of sin and the grave: Other aids are but tottering strand!'
'Jacob-like may be the sound of my voice, But I smell and feel lke my brother, Jesus, A field blessed by the God of all mercies! He'll welcome me surely because of Jesus!'
Amen
Ojoje(A Bruised Reed) _________________ Ojoje Adeyi
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