Thursday, March 28, 2013

Blunder of Blindness

“When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then Thou knewest my path… refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.  I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my Refuge and my Portion in the land of the living (Psalm 142:3-5).  “Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things… He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered” (Proverbs 28:5,26).  “All ye inhabitants of the world and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when He lifteth up an ensign on the mountains, and when He bloweth the trumpet, hear ye!” (Isaiah 18:3).  “Walk not… in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart” (Ephesians 4:17,18). 

“To err is human,” it is said,
Yet consequences still remain;
And with eternity ahead, 
To trust our OWN heart is insane!

The consequence of coming wrath
Is one we do not have to face:  
For all who seek Him on their path,
Have found in Christ His saving grace!

There surely is no greater blunder
Or consequence for sinful man
Than never bothering to wonder
If God provides a rescue plan. 

The fool will blindly walk along
Without considering the loss
Of finding out that he was wrong
About our Savior on the cross!

Now come, inhabitants of earth:
Behold the cross on Calvary’s mountain,
And hear the trumpet of new birth
That calls you to salvation’s Fountain!

How strange is this insanity
That marches on into the night
As God pleads with humanity
To turn that He may give them sight! 

We dare not walk as do the blind,
Forgetting the great consequence
Of being darkened in their mind
Without the Lord as their Defense!

O Lord, Your truth has made us free
Which once to us had been concealed.  
We once were blind, but now we see
The greatness of Your love revealed.

We thank You, Lord, our great Defender,
For showing us Your love so true!
Our wisdom now is to surrender
With all our vision filled with You.

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