I have wandered in darkness,
before I found the Lord.
I was filled with the Spirit,
when I first acknowledged Him.
When I first read the scriptures,
I knew they were one,
and no part of them has conflicted with another.
Perhaps I have fallen,
and was led astray.
Perhaps I have sinned,
and doubted my salvation.
Perhaps I have forgotten,
that every saying of God is faithful,
and there is nothing that has come on me that I haven't received from him.
But what do I make of the writings of wisdom?
Behold, the fingers themselves that write it are nothing.
The letters alone that I read are mere dust.
The person behind them,
however they're presented,
is merely a man as much as myself.
But how the Spirit inspires them to me is for me,
and I must embrace wisdom from myself.
The life I possess is loaned to me,
and I must take care of it by myself.
I recognize that God reigns over all things,
So I must embrace Him from where I stand.
I am given life,
I am given wisdom,
I am given the power to accept Gods sayings,
and if I desire to be established,
I must accept it within myself.
Who is the man who authors words?
surly they profit him nothing,
unless he embraces them for himself.
I must understand,
that because I believe in Gods Son,
I am saved.
I must understand,
that if my soul is afflicted,
and my heart is in anguish because of Gods word,
I am not accepting the truth.
It's time for me to stop scrolling through the letter,
It's time for me to stop choosing my verses,
It's time for me to stop setting this against that,
and recognize the one body that the whole word came from.
For before the word was written down,
it was revealed to men through the spirit in them,
the very same spirit I possess for my faith,
as they observed and sought with their own lives.
I will now seek the Father day and night,
and plead my case to Him for every cause,
and lean on Him in all things.
Even under a heavy curtain of doubt,
I will trust the name he put in me,
the name that emanates from the pit of my spirit,
the name I know belongs to He.
before I found the Lord.
I was filled with the Spirit,
when I first acknowledged Him.
When I first read the scriptures,
I knew they were one,
and no part of them has conflicted with another.
Perhaps I have fallen,
and was led astray.
Perhaps I have sinned,
and doubted my salvation.
Perhaps I have forgotten,
that every saying of God is faithful,
and there is nothing that has come on me that I haven't received from him.
But what do I make of the writings of wisdom?
Behold, the fingers themselves that write it are nothing.
The letters alone that I read are mere dust.
The person behind them,
however they're presented,
is merely a man as much as myself.
But how the Spirit inspires them to me is for me,
and I must embrace wisdom from myself.
The life I possess is loaned to me,
and I must take care of it by myself.
I recognize that God reigns over all things,
So I must embrace Him from where I stand.
I am given life,
I am given wisdom,
I am given the power to accept Gods sayings,
and if I desire to be established,
I must accept it within myself.
Who is the man who authors words?
surly they profit him nothing,
unless he embraces them for himself.
I must understand,
that because I believe in Gods Son,
I am saved.
I must understand,
that if my soul is afflicted,
and my heart is in anguish because of Gods word,
I am not accepting the truth.
It's time for me to stop scrolling through the letter,
It's time for me to stop choosing my verses,
It's time for me to stop setting this against that,
and recognize the one body that the whole word came from.
For before the word was written down,
it was revealed to men through the spirit in them,
the very same spirit I possess for my faith,
as they observed and sought with their own lives.
I will now seek the Father day and night,
and plead my case to Him for every cause,
and lean on Him in all things.
Even under a heavy curtain of doubt,
I will trust the name he put in me,
the name that emanates from the pit of my spirit,
the name I know belongs to He.