Who Is on The Lord’s Side?

 

Exodus 22:36

 

“The Lord has been the people’s guide”

There’s nothing wrong with that,

But “with Him still on the people’s side”

Is this really a fact?

 

Let me make it abundantly clear

The omnipotent Lord does not pick sides,

That there is a glitch in the anthem

Cannot conscientiously be denied.

 

 

A case in point would be Joshua

As he spoke to the children of Israel:

“Choose you this day whom you will serve”

 Was the ultimatum he put to the people.

 

Whether the Gods their fathers served

Or the God of the Amorites,

He chose with his house to serve the Lord

For after all, this is right.

 

 

Or Moses, Joshua’s predecessor

That posed the question differently,

Who is on the Lord’s side? He asked,

As still demanded of you and me.

 

“With Him still on the people’s side”

Is a somewhat presumptuous,

To suggest God goes around picking sides

Is nothing short of scandalous.

 

The Lord will only be on our side

When we are choosing the Lord

And, given a lot that has been going on

We have been spurning His Word.

 

 

“You are my friends,” Jesus said,

“If you keep my words.”

So, to me it automatically follows,

Enmity results from the reverse.

  

It comes right down to the question

Of who is on the Lord’s side,

For when we follow the Lord’s dictates

He is seen to be our guide.

 

 

Acknowledging the Son is paramount

And co-eternal with the Father

And with the Holy Spirit being one,

Becomes the essential matter.

 

Who is on the Lord’s side?

That is how I would rather put it

And not the Lord on the people’s side,

As is now our national habit.

 

To some this might seem frivolous

To others, a case of splitting hairs,

But to a people reliant on God’s guidance,

He will take care of all their fears.

 

Stewart Russell © November 29, 2020