But God - The Lord of the Circumstances

...But God... by Antonio Rullo This is the story Of many going astray But God interfered And set them on their Way Of all the words in the Bible That deserve a second look The words: "But God" Are the best in the Book We all have done Stupid things no one should But in His endless Mercy God turned them for good Don't feel bad, We're in good company The line stretches for miles From Jerusalem to Bethany How many of us, when saved, Were of noble birth? But God called us out To be the salt of the Earth! All of us dying In our sin and its wages But because of God's gift of Life We will rule through the ages How often have men Died for the just? But God proved his Love When He died for us! All of us sinners, Unworthy of Grace But God showed us Mercy And died in our place The Word of God is filled With people and places That were changed for the better Through His Good Graces The list is long So I'll be concise The names are redacted But the stories are precise The location was Perfect All was at peace In one act of disobedience We forfeited our lease But God in His Mercy Had a plan to restore What the locust ate And to give us even more At eighty years old God called him out To give him an inheritance No one would ever doubt His brothers despised him Their actions were sinister But God used it for good And made him Prime Minister The chariots behind them The sea up ahead But in His perfect timing He drowned them all dead Outnumbered and outgunned Not enough spears to go around But the walls came down Just by making a sound The king threw him in the den Condemned him to die But God gave him rest And made the lion his ally Three men in a furnace For not bending the knee So God met them in the fire For everyone to see On his way to Damascus To persecute the Way God stopped him in his tracks Showed him who was truly astray Thousands of mouths Only the boy was prepared So He took it and blessed it It became enough to be shared His friend had passed In the Bosom three days He was recalled to duty While whispering a simple phrase A pagan and a gentile A soldier of Rome But his prayer was answered When he approached the Throne A life of sin and rebellion All of his years While dying on the cross God caught all his tears The Spirit had left Him The body just a shell But in those three days He went and conquered hell Rising triumphant From his borrowed tomb The grave could not hold Him So it became a womb You see, if things are so easy You can do them on your own There's no Glory in it And they'll not reach the Throne But God so loved the world That He gave us His Son That by confessing and accepting Your soul may be won! (c) Life More Abundant - 2019