Of The Lord’s GOODNESS, we are in GREAT need!
Yet His remedy, we refuse to heed,
Because of our appetites, ravenous,
For what He calls ‘unjust’ and ‘unrighteous’!
Considering ourselves as ‘smart and wise’,
We’re just seeing ourselves ‘through blinded eyes.’
Here’s a fact that we simply cannot hide:
We’re captured, and are ‘the children of PRIDE’! 1
From our captivity, there IS an escape!
It is through what Jesus (The Lord God) calls, His ‘narrow gate’.
Passing through it, your eyes will become ‘unblinded’.
You’ll learn to be ‘justice and righteousness-minded.’ 2
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1 See: Job 41:34. In response to Job’s complaints, The Lord refers to the sea creature, Leviathan. His response reveals how He views all un-saved, un-redeemed humans, as being captured by the spirit of pride. In this current age, the 3rd age of our history, many of us pridefully reject His AWESOME, free offer of salvation and a blissful eternity, through the forgiveness of sin. Worse yet, we fail to consider, or disbelieve His alternative … eternally alive in His sulfur-lit lake of fire.
2 See: Matthew 7:13-14 and also Prayer of Salvation (Poem). Passing through The Lord’s ‘narrow gate’, we behold His ‘un-blinding GLORY’. As we learn of Him, including His loving plans for our lives, what He calls ‘just and right’ (Matthew 11:28-30), etc., the shackles of pride gradually fall off of every aspect of our lives.