Tag: Nehemiah

Oh! Weakened Warrior (God)

you've done it again and again
betrayed those subject to you

you rallied for an out cry
then gave the spear
for piercing

then you rally for revenge
when it was you
who betrayed

oh! arrogance!
hear the bugle call
you set loose the punisher
you set in motion
the intended move

as you go on living
without kneeling to the Father†
without comforting the mourners
or burying the dead
it will visit each and every door

song of songs will sing
glory will be poured out
as the streets grow silent
as then you will remember Me†
as every generation before you


when things are well
when it's not you enslaved
you don't praise Me†
but foreign gods become
your every envy
your every treasure

then My† hand comes
only then do you obey My† commands

arrogance is then humbled
and you seek Me†

bless be the man, woman and child
who never strays from Me†
who knows My† Son's voice
and listens to His† every command

it is time
that time
to make your confession

what is in each heart
I† truly see

slow, My† wrath will continue
you've heard My† words
let it be done
for My† will always will be
so I† will always be

I† am the Lord†
the only living God†
obey My† commands
given ages ago

love
be one with thee
it is so simple
to love

it is I†
there is no one before Me†
I† am the Lord† your God†

Notes: The photograph, again chosen by David, was taken October 23, 2019: The Dragan and the All-Seeing Eye.

(September 2, 2021)—‘Oh! Weakened Warrior’ given this morning. Nothing else was given and nothing else I have to say myself. The following scripture is for you. Nehemiah’s Confessional Prayer. How fitting! It IS the page He led me to! It is time to make our confession as a people of all nations. He always calls the United States of American: Arrogance!

Confessional Prayer—And the Levites―Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah―said: ‘Stand up and praise the Lord your God, who is from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise. You alone are the Lord. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You gave life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship You. You are the Lord God, who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and named him Abraham. You found his heart faithful to You, and You made a covenant with him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites. You have kept Your promise because You are righteous. You saw the suffering of our forefathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea. You sent miraculous signs and wonders against Pharaoh, against all his officials and all the people of his land, for You knew how arrogantly the Egyptians treated them. You made a name for Yourself, which remains to this day. You divided the sea before them, so that they passed through it on dry ground, but You hurled their pursuers into the depths, like a stone into mighty waters. By day You led them with a pillar of cloud, and by night with a pillar of fire to give them light on the way they were to take.’—Nehemiah 9:5-12