Obedient Listening

As a servant listening
attentive to the master’s voice
for God to speak
to call to us in the night
For this we are called
by these we are known
the children of his flock
servants in the vineyards, the fields
messengers, witnesses sent
to spread his message
to the whole world.


September 21, 2009
1 Samuel 3:9
“Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening”
and Day 38, “When God Calls”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
and
1 Corinthians 16:13
book, “Walking with Christ Everyday:
365 daily devotions for men”,
Day 264, “Standing Up for Your Faith”