"Communication Standard" [Module#378]  (John 12:48 and 50a)

He set the standard pretty high
Just days before He was to die –
“I speak just what the Father says,
So listen up and you’ll be raised –

Here and hereafter – Kingdom-life
Is yours, so listen, hold it tight,
And live it out, put it in place
As part of life in Kingdom-space.

“Just be the self you’re meant to be;
Do ‘This and that’ thus give to Me
Some room to move as I have asked –
Leave me the heavy-lifting task.

“And as for those who wield such power,
They think their say commands the hour;
It doesn’t – it’s a paltry sham
Mere Herods – like in Bethlehem.

“Authority is given to
The one who overcometh you;
A scary thought – so change your ways,
And salvage your remaining days.

Take sexuality today –
The women love it, there they play
Both sides of fence, a grab for power
As they ascend their chosen tower.

So when we watch those women act,
Attend their speech sent forth as fact,
And ask their measure on Christ’s rule –
Should they perhaps go back to school?

Thanks Lord for this.

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