I know the way
Are you so familiar with your little world that you fail to depend on God?
I wrote this poem upon recalling my own independence from God.
I know right where I'll go today
No need to ask, I've been this way
Go from here to over there
I've done it lots, without a care
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I've seen this road a thousand times
No need to bother God divine.
No need for fancy words or rhymes
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I've worn this path, I've heard it all
No need to pray and cause a stall
Then on my way a hurdle came
A mountain tall that had no name
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It thwarted all my work and gain
It made me mad and near insane!
I must now find a newer route
I'll find a way that I can tout
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I'm sure I'll find a fresh new path
And maybe calm this surging wrath
But stuck so deep like delta mud
I’m overwhelmed, as in a flood
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I'll go possess all that I need
Or should I follow Jesus' lead?
Perhaps my pride has trapped me well
And left me in a holding cell
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The way I planned was not to be
And now I vow to follow Thee
Forgive me Lord for all my pride
Help me now, oh be my Guide
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No longer forged by my own will
‘Tis in Your grace, my soul is still
WGS
8/8/26
Jeremiah 9:23-25 says (NIV)
This is what the Lord says: “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the Lord. “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh.