LORD JESUS, COME

Lord Jesus, come,  appear in majesty
And demonstrate Thy power  where Thou wast slain.
Where once Thy shame  was seen at Calvary
Now let Thy splendour  be lavishly displayed.
Let Thy renown  be ardently acclaimed
Upon the earth  where men despised Thy Name.
Like the ascendant sun  dispense Thy rays,
Glory of love  and dignity of grace;
Like the transcendent sea,  wave upon wave,
Unfold Thy power  that all may be amazed:
Lord Jesus, come;  assert Thy royalty;
Assume Thy throne;  for a millennium, reign!

19/06/05

Fear Jehovah, ye

His saints; for there is no want

To them that fear Him.

18/06/05

In mercy for me

He gives this relaxation -

Sun and sand and sea.

17/06/05

I can depend on

The Bernoulli principle

To keep me aloft.

Or so I remember from physics lessons!

16/06/05

Blessed is the man

Whose transgression's forgiven,

Whose sin is covered.

15/06/05

The world reconciled

Provisionally, but the saint

Everlastingly.

"FATHER"

Pondering on the greatness of the Son
We are reminded that so great a One
Could own the Father’s place - “greater than I”;
So great indeed that He alone could be
The God of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
Of glory. Yet in grace this glorious One
Has chosen that He should be known as “Father”,
A title of affection and delight.

THE HOLY SPIRIT IN PERSONS

Eleven men were standing
Beside the fervent preacher;
But - he'd denied the Master!
How could they stand with Peter?
The Spirit's power commanded
New courage and fresh speaking
Transforming all their actions.

What kind of men were needed
To do the menial business?
Men who we filled, like Stephen,
With wisdom and the Spirit.
His service superseded:
Towards God's people, Israel,
He preached God's last appealing.

And such a man was Philip
Who, having served at tables,
Soon was evangelistic -
Directed to the waste-land
He listened to the Spirit
And preached the Christ as Saviour
Until he was uplifted.

The Spirit had selected
A "son of consolation"
From Antioch's assembly
To join with Paul's campaigning -
Subject to Him, their service
Towards those of the nations
Was powerful and effectual.

After he was forbidden
To speak the word in Asia,
Sensitive to the Spirit
Of Jesus, Paul first waited;
Then came the westward vision
And Europe was invaded
To spread the Saviour's kingdom.

Imprisoned for His Master
The great apostle listened
(Unwillingly laid fallow)
To promptings of the Spirit.
As living in their grandeur
He told in His epistles
God thoughts in all their vastness.

While on the Isle of Patmos,
Becoming in the Spirit,
John saw again his Master
If in a changed condition.
He thus was undistracted
To hear of God's provisions
To settle Earth's transactions.

14/06/05

After the struggle

Tim heads a house set towards

The tabernacle.

My son-in-law

13/06/05

God in His wisdom

Did not give me poverty

Or give me riches.

12/06/05

Love, at a great cost,

Has given a place among

The brethren of Christ.

11/06/05

A fatherly love

Has given a place among

The children of God.

LORD JESUS, COME

Lord Jesus, come,  amid Thy holy myriads
Bringing Thy sunshine  where everything is wintry,
Bringing Thy sweetness  where everything is bitter.
Blessing will flow  without an intermission
And all the earth  will flourish in Thy kingdom:
Gone will be pain,  disease, distress and sickness;
None will be hungry,  dissatisfied or thirsty
While bliss will penetrate  each ecosystem
And agriculture  will pullulate with richness
Even upon  the highest of the hilltops.
What metamorphoses  mankind will witness
When Thou art come  to actuate God’s vision!

FAVOUR

We praise the One who took us into favour
In the Beloved - in the Glorified
To whom the Father rightly gave the place
Of greatest favour.  That was righteousness
Of Him, the righteous Father, thus enhancing
The glory that relates to righteousness.

10/06/05

Not only has He

Been patient but our Master

Has taught us patience.

09/06/05

Another birthday

Does not diminish a meek

And quiet spirit.

For that is Rosemary's birthday.

08/06/05

Grace repeatedly
Answer's the believer's cry,
"Strengthen me ... this once".

07/06/05

God's grace and wisdom

Has not given poverty

Or given riches.

06/06/05

Burst into singing

Ye mountains, the forest, and

Every tree therein!

See Isaiah 44: 23

NEW TESTAMENT

What grace of the Father
To invest me
With the Best Robe -
The measure of Christ's worth.

Who else but God
Could nourish me with
Exotic cuisine:
The Bread of God?

Love in the Giver;
Love in the Gift -
Each, the Lord and the Spirit,
God personally.




Aughnagon

OLD TESTAMENT

Jehovah Elohim
Condescended
To be a clothes-maker
To cover Man's nakedness.

The God of glory
Condescended to give
His recalcitrant prophet Elijah
Two breakfasts.

And the Rock - smitten once -
Was prepared to be
The nation of Israel's
Water-carrier.





 


Silent Valley

HOLY SPIRIT

But who has shown the Bride the worth of Christ
And led her to appreciate His grace?
Who makes His presence a reality
And quickens us, and strengthens us, and helps?
The Holy Spirit whom the Father sent.

Considering the Spirit’s patient work
In service to the Lord and to His bride
We honour Him; considering the end
He has achieved we bow; considering
The glory that is personally His
Although He has descended in His grace
We worship, And considering the love
Which motivates His industry, we love.

And He is with us in the Father’s house
Because He is the Spirit of God’s Son
And Spirit of adoption.  He has cried
Within us “Abba, Father” and thus taught
Sons how to speak - and given power to cry:
Give thanks to Him for making sonship real!

And for us to have access to the Father
Is a great wonder - we approach through Christ
And would not wish to come apart from Christ;
While we are strengthened by the Spirit’s power
And could not come without the Spirit’s power.

05/06/05

What comes from His death

Corresponds with what He has

Carried through His death.

04/06/05

One who walks with God

Is fit for heaven and fit

For testimony.

03/06/05

Walk in the country

Among the gentle cattle

And green grass and trees.

02/06/05

Thank the Lord for books

Which bear impressions of Him

Treasured by past saints.

01/06/05

The Spirit of God

Gives power: but longs to be near,

Source of refreshment.

31/05/05

Wisdom has given

The privilege of sharing

Christ's interest.