“The Workaround” (1 Samuel: Ch. 8-12)
“Give us a king like others now,
So we can be like them somehow;”
Said Sam, “That’s not the way to go,
For God is King for us, you know”But folks pressed on and got their way,
And went off track anointing day;
Then God worked out a “workaround”,
Right there on Promised Holy Ground.First Saul, then David, Solomon;
A host of smaller men, each one
Not rising even to the height
Of David, ’till they lost their fight –With neighbors – some to exile went,
And then returned, where once were tents
Set up in Zion’s rubbled ruins,
Rebuilt their templed-walls quite soon.They stumbled on, God’s workaround
Some found, and walked His Kingdom ground,
’Till John and Jesus spoke their word,
“God’s Kingdom’s here – now you’ve all heard –“Go out to other nations now,
And let them know what, why, and how
To enter into Kingdom layer;
Be freed, in Me, as Kingdom-players.”And so they came ’cross culture’s walls,
Upon this layer great and small,
Until today chance came to me
To clamber on, start life that’s free.Lord God, You did a “workaround”
From time those folks on holy ground,
Chose Kings from earth for earthly life,
And bought such kingdoms’ silly strife –Instead of hearing what You said
Through Samuel, prophets long since dead –
“My Kingdom-vision’s from the first –
Two trees in garden – you chose worst.“But still the Kingdom option’s here –
The choice, like Eden, is quite clear –
Opt in, climb on, join Kingdom-layer
As place to stand as Kingdom players”.Lord, I’d not seen this gift of Yours –
A plastic wall – life’s not a chore,
But freedom’s here – since Eden’s day;
It’s here for all – for all today.Thanks Lord for this.
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