And the LORD heard his people/He relented and did not bring upon them the punishment He had threatened
But I have this against you-you have forgotten your first love
Hosea 6-But your repentance is like dew
I am the LORD, is there anything too hard for me
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
11/2/11
I sought for a man and still I search.
I sought for a man who would stand in the gap and intercede for my people-who would go on his knees and pray that I would turn from my wrath and not punish as I had said I would.
Yet I found none.
Instead my people were chasing after the latest fashions; they went searching for men who would tell them what they wanted to hear.
They sought to turn me into an ATM or a vending machine.
They laughed at those who onto my laws.
They mocked holiness-which I greatly desire among my people.
They would not be bothered about what pleased me.
They sought only a little of me-only the parts they liked-lest their lives be changed.
Why, my people, why?
How long must I yearn?
How long must I wait and watch
How long must my heart bleed for you?
Now-is the time for repentance-short though it is
Soon, my mercy will reach its end and my wrath will fall
Will no one pray?
Will my people never repent?
Did I send my son in vain?
In the name of grace you commit all manner of atrocities against my name.
Am I not the God of mercy and of justice?
Who will go on his knees and pray?
How can you have so much time for all other things but me-the LORD of time and of life?
Has your love grown so cold that you can no longer spend time with me?
How long must my son keep pleading for you and prunning you?
Can I never obtain fruit from the trees I myself planted?
What have you turned yourself into?
I asked you to keep yourselves separated yet for the supposed purpose of evangelising, you have embraced the would so much there is no distinction between the world and my church.
I called you to be salt and light, yet you have traded my treasures for chaff.
You have thrown out the baby with the bath water and left nothing.
Why? How long must I call out to you?
How long must you hear my word, read my word, talk about my word and yet never allow yourselves to be changed and never repent?
How long? How long?
Who will mourn for the sins of my people?
Who will weep for the coming destruction?
When will my people return to me-weeping and mourning-repenting of their sins?
Why?
How long will you watch things go awry?
How long must things go amiss?
Where is the LOVE- the distinguishing feature?
Where is my church? What is this caricature?
Empty yourselves
Come to me-I have longed for you.
Come and bring your failings
Come and bring your frailities
Come and bring your weakenesses
Come and bring your sins
Come to me-the lover of your soul-come to me-your redeemer
Return to me and I will return to you
I have longed for you
Come to me and find new mercy
Come to me and find new mercy
Come to me and find grace to overcome temptation
Come to me
Come to me and receive grace for holy and abundant living
Come to me-yes you have sinned-but I am He who forgives your sins and heals your diseases
I am He who has numbered all of your days and knew them before any of them ever came to me.
I am He who even now when you think all is gone know the plans I have for you-the thoughts I think of you
I sought for a man who would stand in the gap and intercede for my people-who would go on his knees and pray that I would turn from my wrath and not punish as I had said I would.
Yet I found none.
Instead my people were chasing after the latest fashions; they went searching for men who would tell them what they wanted to hear.
They sought to turn me into an ATM or a vending machine.
They laughed at those who onto my laws.
They mocked holiness-which I greatly desire among my people.
They would not be bothered about what pleased me.
They sought only a little of me-only the parts they liked-lest their lives be changed.
Why, my people, why?
How long must I yearn?
How long must I wait and watch
How long must my heart bleed for you?
Now-is the time for repentance-short though it is
Soon, my mercy will reach its end and my wrath will fall
Will no one pray?
Will my people never repent?
Did I send my son in vain?
In the name of grace you commit all manner of atrocities against my name.
Am I not the God of mercy and of justice?
Who will go on his knees and pray?
How can you have so much time for all other things but me-the LORD of time and of life?
Has your love grown so cold that you can no longer spend time with me?
How long must my son keep pleading for you and prunning you?
Can I never obtain fruit from the trees I myself planted?
What have you turned yourself into?
I asked you to keep yourselves separated yet for the supposed purpose of evangelising, you have embraced the would so much there is no distinction between the world and my church.
I called you to be salt and light, yet you have traded my treasures for chaff.
You have thrown out the baby with the bath water and left nothing.
Why? How long must I call out to you?
How long must you hear my word, read my word, talk about my word and yet never allow yourselves to be changed and never repent?
How long? How long?
Who will mourn for the sins of my people?
Who will weep for the coming destruction?
When will my people return to me-weeping and mourning-repenting of their sins?
Why?
How long will you watch things go awry?
How long must things go amiss?
Where is the LOVE- the distinguishing feature?
Where is my church? What is this caricature?
Empty yourselves
Come to me-I have longed for you.
Come and bring your failings
Come and bring your frailities
Come and bring your weakenesses
Come and bring your sins
Come to me-the lover of your soul-come to me-your redeemer
Return to me and I will return to you
I have longed for you
Come to me and find new mercy
Come to me and find new mercy
Come to me and find grace to overcome temptation
Come to me
Come to me and receive grace for holy and abundant living
Come to me-yes you have sinned-but I am He who forgives your sins and heals your diseases
I am He who has numbered all of your days and knew them before any of them ever came to me.
I am He who even now when you think all is gone know the plans I have for you-the thoughts I think of you
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