I am so tired of Satan
having things his own way
in the Church.
I am so tired of relationships
breaking and staying broken.
When we have a Mediator
who built a bridge
between God and man,
how is it that we
cannot build bridges
between each other?
I am so tired of isolation.
When we are called
to be a family
and we have a Father
whose love is limitless,
how can we accept
that we have brothers and sisters
crying for loneliness
in the night?
I am so tired of casual acceptance
of the world’s immorality.
When we are called to be
a city set on a hill
a light blazing in the darkness
a people whose holiness is
unquestionable and unconquerable,
how is it that the same sins
society condones
run rampant
among us?
I am so tired of passive silence.
When we have the good news
the greatest news
the world has ever heard,
how is it that we are not
bursting forth
unable to hold the story in:
the story of Jesus
that has become
with manifold grace
the story of ourselves?
To put it in a hard little nutshell,
I am so tired of our too-easy acceptance
of less than our best
that means we live in and live out
less than God’s best.
Wake up, Church!
Let us remember who we are:
a chosen race
a royal priesthood
a holy nation
a people for God’s own possession
that we might proclaim
the excellencies of him
who has called us out of darkness
into his marvelous light.
Repent, Church!
Let us lay aside the old self
corrupted, lustful, and deceived
and be renewed in our mind
putting on a new self
in the likeness of God:
righteous, holy, and true.
Stand firm, Church!
Let us put on the full armor of God
so that we will be able to stand firm
against the schemes of the devil.
For our struggle is not against
flesh and blood,
but against the rulers
against the powers
against the world forces
of this darkness
against the spiritual forces
of wickedness.
In God’s armor
and through his power
we can stand firm.
Enough!
Enough with Satan
having his own way
in the Church.
Wake up!
Repent!
Stand firm!
We are the Bride of Christ —
let us clothe ourselves
in righteous acts
bright and clean
lighting this dark world
fighting the good fight
keeping the faith
and readying ourselves
for the marriage supper
of the Lamb!
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