Faith

(Will you decide now to follow Jesus?

Will you decide now to follow Jesus?

Will you decide now to follow Jesus?

No turning back, no turning back)

This is a statement of intent

My fear of man has gone to bed, and better said left to die

The soil turned and tried and other things pushing out to the sky

They were always mustard seeds in my mind

But now they’re turning to fields

Pulling back the curtain and seeing the yield

Things that have been growing for a long time

And are ready to explode

Like a fire shut up in my bones

And I’m burning to death keeping it in

This is a statement from the heart

It’s soft and stark, fight and flight

Prayer and point

And now I pray with my eyes open

Because hope’s in motion.

To confess the less and cry for more

To repent and implore

With every cell shut up in my blood

Drawing lines in shallow mud

And praying they’ll become foundations

Blueprints for nations, HEALED

As my fingers spell out His name

Longing for it to sink deep into your veins and rewire your brains

This is a statement of the truth

A roaring Lion let loose and now He’s setting your bones

Using His teeth to strengthen your knees when they’re impossibly shaken

 and now He’s holding you up brazen

Cryptic words and motions

Alluring movements capturing focus

And hitting you in your belly where you can hear it

Bypassing the brain to believe it

A sacrament and a sign

Pointing to the unravelling of time and it’s End

In the words I’m lost but in the Name it’s clear

And He’s drawing near

And He’ll be our light

Jesus Christ