‘Let another take his place
and office!’
So cried many right
wing Christians in years past,
Reflecting their
strong pro-Bible bias.
Then they got their
wish, and left us all …aghast. 1
‘Let’s replace it with another
theory!’,
Evolutionists the
world over demanded,
As they pushed to
revise creation’s story.
Thus God and His
Bible version …were deported.
‘In public schools, there is
no place for prayer!’
So demanded parents
and school administrators,
Who pushed to make
public space secular.
Now some schools/homes are like …‘terrorist incubators’.
‘In our money system, there’s
no place for gold!’
Thus, we’re free to
print money that says, ‘In God we trust,’
And in racking up
debt, we have become very bold,
Because in truth,
it’s for money that we …really lust. 2
‘Let another way replace
nature’s gender assignments!’
Demands from those
with alternate proclivities,
Led science to alter
nature’s sexual confinements.
Thus we now have
‘he’, ‘she’ and …’other’ demographics.
‘Let our old immigration
system be upended!’
Thus immigrants are
banned, blocked, divided and deported,
Though as a nation
of immigrants, we were blended,
And many would-have-been
citizens have been …aborted. 3
‘Now, let another replace the
man called Jesus!
To an all-loving God, there must
be more than just One Way!’
Such are our
demands to escape God’s narrowness.
Thus, the climax of
our pattern. We’ve become …devils prey.
Out with the old, and in with
the new,
Casting off
restraints ’cause we lack righteous vision. 4
With this life
pattern, we continue:
To things from God,
we’ve responded with …derision. 5
May He grant to us spiritual introspection,
To open our eyes to
see and detest whom we’ve become.
Friend, may you
join me in this sincere invocation,
To return us to a
national life that is …wholesome.
Father God,
Please deliver us
from
complacent
replacements.
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1 In the U.S., since 2009, Psalm 109:8, “May
his days be few; may another take his place of leadership”, has been used by a
number of fundamentalist preachers who use it as an imprecatory (curse invoking) prayer, primarily
against President Obama as ‘a Biblical prayer for our president!’ In 2017, bumper
stickers could be seen asking people to pray for President Trump with the same
attribution. (Psalm 109,
Wikipedia) See also Peter’s prayer re. Judas in Acts 1:20.
4 Where there is no revelation [spiritual vision],
people cast off restraints; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s
instruction. (Proverbs 29:18)
5 Derision: contemptuous ridicule or mockery
Complacent: pleased, especially with oneself or one’s merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect
Complacent: pleased, especially with oneself or one’s merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect
