A BURNING FLAME!

A Burning Flame!

Father, they say Christianity

Is rational, intellectual,

And should not fuel fanaticism!

But Christ in my heart

Has created a burning, eternal flame!

A consuming passion, almost a primary,

Singular commitment, to what?

To sharing the Good News with people

Who don’t know it yet!

Somehow, it’s not one task

Equal among others,

Rather it remains

The supreme task

Of God’s people!

There remain more than

EIGHT POINT TWO BILLION

GOD-imaged people

who know NOTHING

About the reality of human life

----Jesus Christ! --

How can I

Or anyone controlled by

The love of Christ

Have any higher

Priority than sharing what

We have found!

For this task

Hearts AFLAME are needed.

For this task

An all-consuming passion

Must possess us!

God, revive my heart,

And the heart of Your church!

May her flame of active outstretched love

Burn out of control! (Randy Becton)

(Matthew 5:13-16; 28:16-20; Romans 10:13-15; 1 Peter 2:9)