Entitlement

Out of bed I jumped

And to the shower I went

This really was not

My original intent

I felt like staying

A little longer in bed

But a single thought

Came right into my head 

 

It was expressed

In a single word

Entitlement was the thought

Entitlement was the word

That idea was mooted

Only recently

In a way it spoke

To someone’s destiny

It was used to deny

Rather than to confer

In a sense to disqualify

And also demur

But here’s breaking news

That you need to hear

It is authentic news

So you need not fear

There is an entitlement

That can be yours

Simply to Christ

Open your heart’s door

 

He shed his blood

For you and for me

And in that entitlement

Rests our destiny

 

To be born again

Gives one entitlement

A transition from the old

To a new covenant

  

An everlasting covenant

That can’t be reversed

All arguments and disputes

Are instantly dispersed

Entitlement to life

And life more abundantly

Not the natural kind

But spiritually

Entitlement that can’t

Be taken away

Entitlement that’s reserved

For a coming day

Everyone who’s entitled

To that entitlement

 Must be born again

And from sin also repent

God has promised it

In Jesus believe

And through the Holy Spirit

Entitlement is yours to receive

Stewart Russell © May 2018