“We must obey God rather than any human authority.
The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus…
and we are witnesses to these things.”
—from Acts 5.29-32
Who commands your heart?
Despite what pledges you may make,
whose voice do you obey?
The demon fear that haunts
your inward house but can’t create?
The shyster shame that sells you chains
for the price of what others think?
The Emperor, who outlaws awe and mercy,
who threatens fear and shame,
who promises, if you but obey,
a kingdom he doesn’t have?
They loom like shadows
but they aren’t real, they’re only shadows,
The Risen One, this love that burns in you,
this life that has been given you, is more present,
more powerful, more real, than they.
Obey the voice that calls you into life,
bear witness to this grace,
and let the others go.
Whatever pain they cause you
will be completely overcome
by the One who gives you, even out of death,
new life that can’t be harmed.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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