The Calling

I saw my Bible laying close beside me on the stand,

I leaned over, picked it up, and held it in my hand.

I pondered what it meant to me, as I stretched out on the bed,

I thought about the many verses, stuck inside my head.

I’ve studied this old book of mine, for many, many years,

And I remember how it helped me, through my many tears.

These Words of Life, I long for more, to know them as I do,

I pray the Lord would send someone, I’ll pray so hard for you.

“Lord, you know that I would go, and tell them if I could,

But I am much too busy, so I don’t believe I should.

I just don’t think, that Jesus called me to that type of thing,

So I’ll just sit here in my pew, and join in when they sing.

I’ll write a check to missions, and I’ll pray for those You call,
I'll give a box to Franklin, that I bought tham at the mall.

But when it comes to going, to all nations on the earth,

And telling them of Jesus, and of His noble birth,

Out of my box I do not go, for that I can not do,

Oh, surely there’ll be someone else, to tell them about You.

I hear about their countries, on the TV in my room,

They do not know of Jesus, and are only full of doom.

Oh please send one to tell them of Your love and of Your Son,

But I can’t go, I have my life, I’m surly not the one.”

Oh, I think it’s time to read, I’ll thumb through in God’s Word,

But what could I read, that I’ve never ever heard.

What a verse! I can’t believe His Spirit spoke to me,

I opened up and there it was, just staring up at me.

Matthew 28:19, I’ve read it all before,

But today was different, and I heard Him at the door.

“Go and makes Disciples,” is the verse I read today,

I believe the Lord is speaking to me, in some quiet way.

If I claim Him as my God, and serve Him from the heart,

I will answer when He calls, and I will do my part.

“Thank you, Lord, for speaking in that still and quiet voice,

Your call to selfless living, is a hard and narrow choice.

So many years I’ve served myself, and said I followed You,

But life was all about ME, and no service did I do.

But now I know that You have called me to a greater thing,

And I will look to Jesus and I will serve Him as my King.

I am not worthy of the grace that You have shown to me,

But since you have, I’ve made a choice, to live my life for Thee.”

By John Jones
Monday,  December 11, 2006
12:35 AM