Thy Kingdom Come

Michael E. Wood

June 13, 2012

Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10

As the schedule of which I am being called to keep is becoming increasingly busy, I rejoice in the opportunity to be used as a vessel through which the Holy Spirit may write the truth of the gospel on the hearts of men and women. A certain by-product of this usage seems to be having less time for the writing on paper of new poetry and songs, as the flow is reduced by the lack of time to devote as the output of the things which are given are more keenly developed for the purpose of direct deposit into the lives of those that are in need at the present, rather than those that are yet to come. Never the less, while contemplating the current course of study concerning the model prayer as instructed by our Lord, the following came to mind.

Thy kingdom come, Oh Thy will be done,

On earth as it is in heaven.

Oh help us embrace Thy truth in the face

Of glory in Christ as the leaven

At work in this dough, Your presence to show

His image though now but a taste,

That others may see, to Him glory be

Preparing His bride as the chaste

Virgin with whom, shall overcome doom

When comes then the end of the age

And shine as the sun, as all will be done

In Him who did for us engage

God’s wrath by His cross, to save us from loss

Which would be our due for our sin,

But clothed us in blood, His mercy the flood

Of righteousness filling within

Each day; this will last, as eternity past

Will come to fruition by Him

On whom we will gaze, forever amazed

As we praise Him in song and in hymn.

He delighted to join us with them.