An Audience of One (Poem)

The pandemic triggered massive cancellations,

Of planned events of just about every kind and size,

Forcing planners to search for new innovations,

Ways to connect groups for events that were best held live.

In response, tech firms did exactly what needed to be done,

Expanding old and creating brand new platforms, virtual,

Enabling planners to connect with …audiences of one,

That’s you, sitting loyally in front of a screen, digital.

Thus, from any place with Internet connectivity,

No matter the setting, or our dress or appearance,

We joined events with no challenges geographically.

While less social in nature, we love the convenience.

You, an audience of one, following the protocol,

Ready to engage or just watch and listen,

Seen only virtually, or maybe not seen at all.

On-board to help the events achieve their mission.

Umm…

Protocol, engage, watch, listen, not seen, and achieve mission,

These are the fundamentals of the audience,

Before Whom God designed life to be lived in our world that’s fallen.

Of His expectation, let’s ponder the essence. 

The Bible affirms God: created all things by and for Jesus,

(including you~)

Authorized Him to sustain creation by His Word,

Designated Him alone as the Supreme Judge, glorious,

And called Him, ‘God’, after for our sins He had suffered. *

Ponder this…

With creation so incredibly old and far flung,

And with our lives so insignificantly short,

With His résumé, so undeniably awesome,

Living our lives before Him, God says that we ought.

Before Him we all live. That’s Truth, inescapable,

Whether with this we may agree or not,

Though to most, that’s a notion, insufferable.

In the end, we’ll all know that’s the upshot.

In relationship, through prayer, that’s His protocol,

By which with Him we engage, as He watches and listens.

Though to our eyes not seen, His help is pastoral,

Designed to help us perceive and achieve our life’s mission.

So Friends, whenever you join live events, virtually,

Think of Jesus Whom God calls, ‘God and Son’.

Let how you engage, remind you ever so quietly,

He’s your life’s mindful …audience of One.

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* God’s Supreme Revelation and Exaltation of His Son as God:

God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, Whom He has appointed heir of all things, through Whom also He made the worlds; Who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For to which of the angels did He ever say: “You are My Son, today I have begotten You”? And again: “I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son”? But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all the angels of God worship Him.” And of the angels He says: “Who makes His angels spirits and His ministers a flame of fire.” But to the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your companions.” And: “You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the Earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You remain; and they will all grow old like a garment; and like a cloak You will fold them up, and they will be changed. But You are the same, and Your years will not fail (i.e., You are immortal).” (Hebrews 1:1-12)

...And as Judge:

…God has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man (Jesus) Whom He (God) has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead.” (Acts 17:31)

…For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son (John 5:22) 

…and He (God) gave Him (Jesus) authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man. (John 5:27)

… God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus. (Romans 2:16)

…And not only does He watch and listen, but He is reportedly also recording key aspects in His grand Book of Life.