MORE POWER?

           “More power Lord, more power” is heard from human lips and heart  
           The Still, Small Voice doth whisper low, “In weakness it will start”  
           “More power Lord, again more power” as man demands from God  
            Who points to Jesus bowing low beneath the painful rod.

            “More drama Lord, more miracles to show mankind Your might,”  
            “Be still and know that I AM God,” puts all these cries to flight.  
             Again we cry for miracles, we know they are Your will,  
             “Behold My Son upon the Cross and let your hearts be still”.

             “More wonders – signs, You promised Lord”, persists our childish plea;              
            “My Son went all the way to death to set the prisoners free”. 
             Weakened, but pleading still for power, - “Lord, will we never learn?”  
             “Children it’s HOLINESS I seek, other desires must burn”.

              “I will reveal My power, My might, compassion and strong love  
               Through vessels pure, refined and weak – I pour these from above;
               Allow My Spirit have free sway to do His work in you  
               The Cross afresh He will apply, your deepest self renew”.

  “Oh Lord, this hurts!” our flesh screams out, with wave on wave of pain,
              “But child, you asked Me for more power, were all your cries just vain?”
               Oh Lord, we’re learning now – forgive – those self-exalting pleas;  
               It’s all of You, it’s none of us, we sink down on our knees.

               Prostrated now before Your Throne, we plead for holiness;  
               Have Thine own way Lord, have Thy way, this our desire – no less;                
               Apply the Cross to heart, mind, soul; refine, burn out the dross;
               We glimpse it now, Your Power revealed – through weakness at the Cross!

Pam Worsey