Position Is Not All

 

 

 

They both held positions

Of great authority

But having betrayed that trust

Now share the same destiny.

 

No name shall I name

And I dare add, no blame

For it is not really in my power

To make such a claim.

 

Suffice it to be said, though,

Notoriety is not fame

And while both are well known

Infamy is their gain.

 

Assigned by the greatest

Yet, each in his own case

Was by his own selfish desire

Brought to the lowest place.

 

 

Position is not all

It’s responsibility that counts,

If you run afoul like these two

Then nothing amounts.

 

The first in the heavenlies

The second, right here on earth

But neither would be satisfied

Given his greedy thirst.

 

One desperately sought

To dethrone the Almighty God

But failed in that mission

And was exposed as a fraud.

 

The other was an accountant

Overcome with avarice

Whereupon to satisfy his greed

He took an unthinkable risk.

 

Both committed suicide

Though in different ways:

One challenged the “Most High”

The other ended his days.

 

 

Both await final sentence

One of them long in the grave,

The other pedals evil

As an unsuspecting knave.

 

One was to the Father

What the other was to the Son,

The latter’s time has ended

The other is still on the run.

 

The former moved the latter

To do the evil he did

And daily in the worldly market

For our souls he still bids.

 

His objective is to destroy

God’s elect if he can

But he will certainly fail again

According to God’s plan.

 

 

Position is not all

As these scoundrels found out

And concerning accountability

None should be in doubt.

 

Stewart Russell © September 7, 2021