The God I Serve

For He is the great and glorious God
who out of all the people--
the millionaires, the celebrities, the world-wide renowned pastors, the martyrs, the war champions, the Einsteins
chooses the little girl and boy sitting next to the well
dirt poor
to be the richest in His kingdom
the King of all Kings
who comes down to earth as a carpenter's son
for 30 years, and uses not one display of power
a perfect Being
who chooses to write, in spite of all of His innumerable plans for existence
the one plan

in which He will die.

do you know love?
the plan in which His body is beaten and broken
the blood running as real as spring rain
as He hangs on a cross that we should have died on
for every murderer, rapist, liar, evil thought, and black heart
He takes the sentence
and after mercy, gives grace
so to all of creation
they are able to have a relationship with the God of the universe

to think that this is a God
who does not give the gift of heaven to the smartest, the fittest, the most perfect
but rather to those who have faith like a child--
what a Creator.
you know what else is amazing?
that in a world where one does need to search up the definition of evil
because it is ubiquitous
He gives us everlasting hope
that never burns out like fickle flame
because He overcame the world

the One who washed the disciples' feet because He loved them
who came into this world to serve
who stepped into darkness to give light
who intervened with the Hand of death to give life
who is Life


this is the God I serve