Consequence of Consecration

"Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said.... This is the Stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the Head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus" (Acts 4:8-13).

They were just unlearned and ignorant men:
Such was the world's perception
Of Peter and John who were undaunted then,
In the face of their hostile reception.

The leaders forbade them to teach in Christ's name,
They mocked them as being unlearned;
They threatened to punish and put them to shame,
And hoped that would make them concerned.

But the boldness of their proclamation,
The fact that they'd been with the Lord,
And result of their consecration
With Jesus could not be ignored.

So may we also draw near to the throne
In the stillness of God's consecration,
That we, by being with Jesus alone,
May boldly proclaim His salvation.