It Is GOD

 

Because of His mercies

We are not consumed

And not the myriad other factors

By which we assume.

 

It is GOD

That we live and move,

Not because we happen as some say

To be in the right groove.

 

It is GOD

That we even exist,

This fact for some strange reason

The world has missed.

 

It is GOD

Not any political directorate

That our world, though anti-God,

Is not a total wreck.

 

 

It is GOD

And not sinful man

By Whom is wonderful redemption

And our salvation plan.

 

It is GOD

That came in Jesus Christ

To transform morally corrupt man

By His sacrifice.

 

It is GOD

Whose Spirit indwells

Every single born-again believer

Saving him from hell.

 

 

It is GOD

And not our prayers

That relieves the hurting in our pain

Showing that He cares.

 

It is GOD,

In spite of our blunders

That forgives and forgives repeatedly,

Oh, He is a wonder!

 

It is GOD

And not our expertise

That feed the world’s hungry

Bringing them relief.

 

Some pray up a storm

And rely on their prayer

But when all is said and done, it is GOD

That we are still here.

 

 

It is GOD

And I can’t say it enough

That is faithful in the good times

And when it is rough.

 

Our world is broken

And the church is clueless

And so, we must depend on God

To bring peace and rest.

 

We can pray all we like

And war all we can

But all our interceding is of no avail

Outside of God’s plan.

 

 

It was GOD in the beginning

It will Be GOD at the end,

It is GOD in every transitioning

And GOD at every bend.

 

In the final analysis

It is God and not another,

He is the only LORD and Saviour

And our Heavenly Father.

 

It is GOD!

Need I say it again?

It is GOD!

Let this be your refrain!

 

Stewart Russell © October 18, 2023

 

Created in God’s Image

 

 

Created in God’s Image

And likened to Him

Now flawed by the fall

Because of Adam’s sin.

 

Fashioned from the earth

God breathed into him life

Felled by Satan’s deception

The beginning of all strife.

 

Hopeless and helpless

Man wandered the earth

But God had a plan

To give him a new birth.

 

In Genesis three fifteen

God first signaled this plan

To usher in a new beginning

And to redeem fallen man.

 

His Son would come to earth

To be be born of a virgin

Implanted by the Holy Spirit

And totally without sin.

 

 

He lived among the people

Teaching the way of the Lord

His was the perfect way

He was the Living Word.

 

The people were overawed

By his many miracles

And even teachers of the law

Were puzzled by his parables.

 

They questioned him often

At times they even ridiculed

But Jesus would not be tempted

To be the devil’s tool.

 

Finally they crucified him

Achieving the Father’s plan

That one would pay the price

For the sins of fallen man.

 

He who was without sin

Died the death of sinful man

To take away sin’s scourge

And fulfil God’s redemptive plan.

 

His life was the example

Of how everyone should live

And he is now the object

The focus we should give.

 

Thus created in God’s image

Man the crowning creation

But saved to conform to Jesus

The purpose of our salvation.

 

 

For whom God foreknew

Them He also predestinate

To conform to the image of His Son

And as His sons we now relate.

 

Be not conformed to this world

But be renewed in the mind

So that as the world looks on

Jesus’ image they would easily find.

 

Stewart Russell © 2016

 

Created in God’s Image

Created in God’s Image

And likened to Him

Now flawed by the fall

Because of Adam’s sin.

Fashioned from the earth

God breathed into him life

Felled by Satan’s deception

The beginning of all strife.

Hopeless and helpless

Man wandered the earth

But God had a plan

To give him a new birth.

In Genesis three fifteen

God first signaled this plan

To usher in a new beginning

And to redeem fallen man.

His Son would come to earth

To be be born of a virgin

Implanted by the Holy Spirit

And totally without sin.

He lived among the people

Teaching the way of the Lord

His was the perfect way

He was the living word.

The people were overawed

By his many miracles

And even teachers of the law

Were puzzled by his parables.

They questioned him often

At times they even ridiculed

But Jesus would not be tempted

To be the devil’s tool.

 

Finally they crucified him

Achieving the Father’s plan

That one would pay the price

For the sins of fallen man.

He who was without sin

Died the death of sinful man

To take away sin’s scourge

And fulfil God’s redemptive plan.

His life was the example

Of how everyone should live

And he is now the object

The focus we should give.

Thus created in God’s image

Man the crowning creation

But saved to conform to Jesus

The purpose of our salvation.

For whom God foreknew

Them He also predestinate

To conform to the image of His Son

And as His sons we now relate.

Be not conformed to this world

But be renewed in the mind

So that as the world looks on

Jesus’ image they would easily find.

Stewart Russell © 2016