Partakers of Your Sovereign Choice

As I lay in bed this morning, I felt the tiredness of my body and mind, after having gotten only about five hours sleep on back to back days. But as the following words came to mind, I was compelled to get up and write.

"Partakers of Your Sovereign choice, constrained to hear Your lovely voice."

Upon looking back to a passage of which I had read the previous morning: Proverbs 6:20-23, three phrases stood out; "Your Father's commandment", "They will lead you","They will watch over you", "and when you awake, They will Speak with you".

Upon further review I noted the inclusion of "your mother's teaching". Since the scriptures teach that Jerusalem which is above is the mother of us all, my inclination is to say we are to continue to seek those things which are above where Christ sitteth on the right hand of the Father, to set our affections on things above and not on things of the earth, for we are dead and our life is hid with Christ in God.

And thus as there is a significance in obedience to earthly fathers and mothers in the fear of the LORD, far greater is the significance of our obedience to our Father and our mother above for the edification of the body of Christ while we are here on the earth, to Whom be all the glory and the praise and dominion both now and forevermore. Amen

Furthermore, as I was in contemplation of some excerpts from Psalms 31-35, especially 33:18-22, and knowing that I had but a short time before heading out for the morning worship services at Beacon Baptist Church and the Spring View Assisted Living Home, I asked of the Lord to give me an ending for this poem, that I might be on the way, and thus this offering of praise was completed.

Partakers of Your Sovereign choice
Constrained to hear Your lovely voice
And sanctified we are by You
Increased with joy and comfort too.

For Your Name we now are led,
You speak to us upon our bed.
And though distress at times You bring
Your wise design makes us to sing.

Oh, help us more discern Your Truth
As through Your Word You send reproof
To fix our gaze upon Your smile
Though answer be to wait awhile

And walk with You this chosen path
Your cross we bare Who saved from wrath.
Oh, by Your all wise counsel send
That we for glory apprehend
Your likeness by Your Spirit's power
To make us more like You this hour.

Michael E. Wood
March 7, 2010