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PREAMBLE :-
When the enemy comes in
like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him. "The
Redeemer will come to Zion,
And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob," Says the LORD.
Isa 59:19-20 NKJV
I will destroy the
winter house along with the summer house; The houses of ivory shall perish, And
the great houses shall have an end," Says the LORD.
Amos 3:15 NKJV
Explanation | I don’t know about you but I am tired
of being presented with church heroes, valiant conquerors, with no mark of
battle or smell of smoke upon them. There are far too many men of straw in the
21st century.
I am also tired of
Pastor’s polishing turds. Things are bad. They are very bad. Let’s call it like
it is.
I have been a Pastor
for many years. I have seen shooting stars. I am not surprised at those who
come and go quickly. A greater problem is when those staunch continuers, can
continue no longer. Tired of looking, weary in watching, they are weighed down
with disappointment. So hungry, many have lost their appetite.
This is what I have
really seen in our churches, this is what I have really heard. God help us.
PERFORMANCE TIPS:
From the line “I have
heard "Revival!" Clothe a thousand lips” the piece turns into a
prayer. Make it yours.
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I have seen the swift exhausted,
down, defeated
I have seen the staunch and
strong made weak
I have seen [i]‘Great-Heart's’
power depleted
I have heard the running tongue
no longer speak.
I have seen those who put God
second, well established
I have seen the rich made richer
ever still
I have seen those who love
religion gain all they wished
I have seen [ii]Naomi
gulp the bitter pill
I have seen the lights go out
all over England
I have seen the darkness quench
the brightest stars
I have seen the bruised jaw, the
broken hand
I have seen the wilted heads in
tarnished vase
I have heard the wet reply, the
mock excuses
I have seen the lost sheep rotting
on the hills
I have seen authority’s abuses
I have seen the son's of love
sustained by pills
I have seen the signs of coming
hastening famine
I have heard the chasing chatter
of the damned
I have seen Beast's vanguard
ever rising
I have seen God's sun of mercy
set the land
I have seen hearts fail and
crumple in the testing
I have seen the faithful blasted
all to bits
And amidst it all, have heard
The whisper of a coming blessing
I have heard
"Revival!" Clothe a thousand lips.
Oh! Let me see the wasteland
wanderers be settled
Oh! Let me hear their ebbing
lives resound with joy
Let your good blessings fall, be
doubled, trebled!
Unleash apostolic ships from
stormy troubled buoy
Oh let me hear the crack of iron
chains a breaking
The shouts of happiness
Of those rescued from deep gloom
Oh God!
In your power come now a
shaking!
Raise your standard, Oh Lord!
Come, and meet our doom!
© 2012 Victor Robert Farrell
[i]Great-Heart is Bunyan’s great character in part of Pilgrims
Progress. The friend of The intepreter it is he who weak himself, takes care of
those weaker than he and expends himself again and again, escorting Pilgroms to
the edge of the great river of death. He is fearless, selfless, and
magnificently undefeated by no one except Christ.
[ii] Now the two of them went until
they came to Bethlehem. And it happened, when they had come to Bethlehem, that
all the city was excited because of them; and the women said,"Is this
Naomi?" But she said to them,
"Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very
bitterly with me. Ruth 1:19-20 NKJV
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