The
first commandment
written
on the tablets
carried
from the mountain
by
Moses of old,
“You
shall have no other gods before me”,
timeless,
unending, the test of our loyalty
the
faith of the people, devoted to God
In
their time, in that place
far
from the Temple
the
city, God’s people
united
as one
But
there in that wilderness
before
the craven idol
before
the king demanding to be god;
Refusing
to bow, to deny the Creator
honoring
the words written so long ago;
Prepared
to be burned, to submit to the furnace
entering
in, faithful to God
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edited December 22, 2014
The First Commandment – v2
November 16, 2009
The First Commandment
Daniel 3:16-18
and writing challenge
“Monday Manna for November 16, 2009 – Ultimate Faith”
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