Poetry

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The Normal State of Our Spirit

Jan 17, 2002
By: Rick L. King

What is peace?
But the normal state of our spirit
The state we need to be in
If we are to follow the Holy Spirit

When the beginning of a day
We try to embark
Without God’s peace
We most likely will miss the mark

When troubles come
And our spirit is not at ease
It is time to stop
And get it back to normality

This may mean we need to praise
To put the enemy to flight
We may need to pray
As the Holy Spirit shows what isn’t right

It may mean we are going a wrong direction
So back to square one we need to go
Jesus may have something else in mind
There be a truth we need to know

It may mean that self is in the way
Of just what Jesus wants to do
And if we keep going that direction
The enemy’s camp we do pursue

Many people just ignore
Their spirit in unrest
So it leads them to great problems
And they miss the Lord’s best

No peace is then a signal
That we must listen too
We must stop what we are doing
And allow the Holy Spirit to show us what to do

The normal state of our spirit
We need to really learn
And trust that when it is missing
We may have made a wrong turn

Peace is God’s provision
When we walk in the right way
When our mind is thinking right
And our words are correct to say

God said to follow after peace
So to His Word we need to go
And see all the things that take it away
If in Jesus we desire to grow.




Copyright © 2007
By: Rick L. King
No portion of this may be reproduced or used without written permission from the author.
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