To those of us still living and aware
It’s become absolutely clear
That the spirit of this world
Is satanically severe
Just as the good things of God
Are countless
The evil deeds of these times
Are immeasurably ruthless
And man’s forewarned future
Under this unchecked culture
Dystopian
Thus many find themselves reeling
Not looking back or ahead
The better to escape the feeling
Of impending dread
The better not to see man’s chaotic gasping
Just trying to enjoy
A few moments worth grasping
The earth and mankind’s eventual demise
A foregone conclusion in their eyes
So how did we come to this sorry pass?
Simply this: that the first man Adam
Failed to succeed in God’s simple test–
Not to eat of the good and bad seed
Of one perspicacious tree
Or they would find what its like not to be
But he and Eve were confronted
With a sly serpent who taunted–
‘You will NOT die…do as you please’
‘You’ll be like God in his image, you see’
So Adam allowed Eve to convince
That eating the forbidden made sense
This cost Adam his everlasting life
And all men after him pain and strife
But where Adam had failed
Jesus prevailed
How to explain this magnanimous feat
That Jesus’ effected in the same Adamic test?
Look, he carried the weighty whole
Of the Law of Moses
Instead of just the one thing
Adam should not have chosen
Like Adam, Jesus lived ate worked like any man
Like Adam, he ‘walked with’ God in prayer
Satan, of course, tempted him as well
And offered all the kingdoms of the world
Jesus declined this offer he found dismal
Jesus made it clear to that tempter
‘I do nothing – nor say anything
Of my own will at all’
‘Only that of the Father who sent me’
No one could turn him off that path
No matter the disdain or the pharisee’s wrath
No matter the Sanhedrin’s kangaroo court
Nor the crown of thorns they made him sport
Not the brutal whipping by Roman troops
Nor nails in his hands and feet
Then lifting him upon a torture stake
They offered him sour wine his thirst to slake
And gambled his clothes for mere pennies
He said not a word against them
Yet comforted a man near him repentant
Suffering a crucifixion sentence
Even in his most agonizing death throes
His eyes looked heavenward
Toward the kingdom he knew he’d go
Yes, to vindicate God he didn’t fail
Enduring it all so that he’d prevail
Jesus succeeded in God’s test of life
Showed us it was worth the fight
How are we, then, to follow Christ?
‘Pick up your own torture stake’
Is his advice
‘Though you are imperfect and weak’
‘Show courage in defending our God’
‘For the earth is promised to the meek’
‘I paid with my life for your re-do’
‘A make-up test to get things right’
‘To be faithful to God…to see it through’
***
Then in the name of Jesus
As I now breathe
I study…I try to live by Bible principals
I dedicated myself by baptism
To qualify to take this life’s make-up test
Not just to be among those prevailing
In honoring our Almighty Creator
And to vindicate, for sure
His love, trust and faith in me
As I work hard to perfect
My own test score
By Jahgirl
05/8/2019