WHEN GOD CALLS
By Paul E. Grant
God・s call will mean the death of you
All that you have been or known,
Brought under his scrutiny and
review
To be exclusively his own
Peter, in his pre-Jesus time
Did whatever he wanted[1],
When confronted by this call sublime
He renounced self-rule and yielded
Culture says, ．Fulfil your full
potential・,
But to die to one・s ambition
Is the very heart of Jesus・ Gospel
And participation in his mission
The indwelling fullness of Christ in
you
Means a rendezvous with dying;
Death to who you are or want to do
Is God・s road to biblical living
Jesus・ demand comes with the cost
Of self-abandonment,
Therefore, drop dead, get lost!
He brings his very own management
God・s call means life through death
The
To follow, serve and receive the
breath
Of the Holy Spirit・s energy
Not my will; into your hands,
Was the life Jesus lived with the
Father,
And that is the way that Jesus plans
For those who would go with him
further
When God calls a man he bids him come and die[2]
Is the essence of Jesus・ demands,
Submitting to this we identify
And from there we fulfil his
commands
Paul E. Grant
October 2006