“Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?” (Joshua 18:3). “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth” (Acts 1:8).
The
Promised Land which God had given
Was
waiting still to be possessed.
The
Canaanites had not been driven
From
lands which God before addressed.
It
wasn’t power they would lack,
Which
God had promised to instill,
But
rather that their hearts were slack
To
be committed to God’s will.
Consider
now what Christ has said
Regarding
where we ought to be
And
where we find ourselves instead
In
view of God’s priority.
Be
sure that Christ is first adored
Before
we witness for our Savior,
For
only as we love the Lord
Do
we bear fruit in our behavior.
Yet
now Christ bids His worshippers
To
lift their eyes upon the fields
As
God the Holy Spirit stirs
A
heart of love that gladly yields.
Our
Lord is sending forth His own
To
go forth teaching every nation
To
make His saving mercies known,
Declaring
thus His great salvation.
We
thank You, Lord, in this late hour
That
we may labor here with love
Possessing
Your imparted power
From
Your own Spirit from above.
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