A gift to KBC Youths and Dedicated to the December Camp
GOD OF MY SOUL
The thought to be helpful to the youths who finish high school and normally wait for results before going further, crept into my mind early this year or late last year as I chatted with one of them. It has been flashing and lingering almost as often as I see young people.
Early last week while thinking about making progress on a proposal, a notion concerning the human mind popped up with a heavy impression as I pondered on it. It was that the mind is the greatest asset any person has! But my conviction is, the mind is one of the greatest assets a human being has.
As my mind was spinning on this particular day, a poem that I had originally written to be a song during one of my holy meditations, God of My Soul, flashed repeatedly. I quickly got a pen and notebook and silently uttered a prayer as I imagined young people singing at the youth camp. The silent prayer was that the fruit of my creative writing of the song would be a gift to the youths at the camp, for the glory of our God and the blessing of the Church! And thus the song was born and completed after some hours.
GOD OF MY SOUL, I LAY MY DESIRES
PUT ASIDE MY WILL,
FREE FROM CONCERN
O let me be, God of my soul
Wholly to thee, full of your will
I DEVOTE ALL THAT I AM AND I HAVE TO YOU
LORD JESUS MY SOUL, KEEP IN YOUR LOVE
O let me be, God of my soul
Wholly to thee, full of your love
THEN BY YOUR GRACE TO BE, BY YOUR GRACE TO DO
AND TO REACH ALL YOU WANT ME TO
O let me be, God of my soul
Wholly to thee, full of your grace
LET NOT DECEPTIONS AND SNARES AND TRIALS
WITHIN, WITHOUT, OVERCOME ME
O let me be, God of my soul
Wholly to thee, full of your power
WHEN IN GLORY PERFECTED, I’LL SEE YOU AS YOU ARE
PRIVILEGED TO HALLOW YOUR HOLY NAME
O let me be, God of my soul
Wholly to thee, full of praise
ETERNALLY GRATEFUL, A BLESSED SOUL
AMID A GREAT MATITUDE, BOUGHT BY CHRIST
O let me be, God of my soul
Wholly to thee, full of God!
2010 26 Nov
Monday, December 6, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
GOD OF MY SOUL!
Creator of ALL
Thou Great IAM, you’ve shown us your Grace
King of My Life
O Merciful God
Lord of All Being, Redeemer in Love!
You reached out to man
In Wisdom n Power
Only Your Ways are Right, Faithful and Good!
God of My End
Sustainer of All
Fount of All Good, My Inheritance
O Glorious One
Blessed Divine
Source of All Praise, Worthy of Praise!
God of My Soul
Thou Great IAM, you’ve shown us your Grace
King of My Life
O Merciful God
Lord of All Being, Redeemer in Love!
You reached out to man
In Wisdom n Power
Only Your Ways are Right, Faithful and Good!
God of My End
Sustainer of All
Fount of All Good, My Inheritance
O Glorious One
Blessed Divine
Source of All Praise, Worthy of Praise!
Thursday, August 12, 2010
HOSPITALITY AND DEEP LOVE
1Peter 4:8-11
Hospitality is such a wonderful privilege, an enriching and blessed opportunity for fellowship! Of course it is not easy; the challenges and/or obstacles have been clearly uncovered for us to rightly offer and practice it. We have no excuse especially that we know God is pleased with its exercise. Pastor Mbewe really did a great job. Let us indeed keep our homes open!
For those who are married, the spouse is key in ensuring success. The husband has to be well involved from preparation even to the point of packing whatever could have been used. Blessed are those who have maids to help; but remember, visitors love to eat what you especially prepare.
The way you receive the stranger(s) /visitor(s) is very important and telling, so is how they leave and you see them off. When all is done, watch your attitude, be conscious of your observations and comments. Test them for grumbling. It is easy to hide behind certain “good principles”, including waste consciousness. It is also easy to sin and justify it! If you are mature or spiritual, you will most likely discover your sin in spite of its subtleness and repent; and cherish only the Glorious Riches of Grace, blessing our Great God. This cannot be missed when there is open sincerity.
Coupling it with one of the lessons for me personally from 1st Corinthians is the injunction to do everything in love and to glorify God in all we do. It is in this regard that I want to share also the piece bellow that I wrote some years ago!
DEEPER LOVE
Is what I want to share
I will give from the source of Love Himself
It is free for the taking
But I confess my love is infinitely inadequate though practical
Sadly sure no one’s deeper love can meet my need of it more than He does
Still, Deeper Love is what I’ve got and He provides a check
I have no fear and no regret for any attempt to share Deeper Love
Through difficulty, pain and disappointment, little or plenty or sorrow
I have no plans to economise it or manipulate anyone
As I know it’s God who works it to have a hold on someone.
Speak, oh yeah sing, live and die in Deeper Love!
1Peter 4:8-11
Hospitality is such a wonderful privilege, an enriching and blessed opportunity for fellowship! Of course it is not easy; the challenges and/or obstacles have been clearly uncovered for us to rightly offer and practice it. We have no excuse especially that we know God is pleased with its exercise. Pastor Mbewe really did a great job. Let us indeed keep our homes open!
For those who are married, the spouse is key in ensuring success. The husband has to be well involved from preparation even to the point of packing whatever could have been used. Blessed are those who have maids to help; but remember, visitors love to eat what you especially prepare.
The way you receive the stranger(s) /visitor(s) is very important and telling, so is how they leave and you see them off. When all is done, watch your attitude, be conscious of your observations and comments. Test them for grumbling. It is easy to hide behind certain “good principles”, including waste consciousness. It is also easy to sin and justify it! If you are mature or spiritual, you will most likely discover your sin in spite of its subtleness and repent; and cherish only the Glorious Riches of Grace, blessing our Great God. This cannot be missed when there is open sincerity.
Coupling it with one of the lessons for me personally from 1st Corinthians is the injunction to do everything in love and to glorify God in all we do. It is in this regard that I want to share also the piece bellow that I wrote some years ago!
DEEPER LOVE
Is what I want to share
I will give from the source of Love Himself
It is free for the taking
But I confess my love is infinitely inadequate though practical
Sadly sure no one’s deeper love can meet my need of it more than He does
Still, Deeper Love is what I’ve got and He provides a check
I have no fear and no regret for any attempt to share Deeper Love
Through difficulty, pain and disappointment, little or plenty or sorrow
I have no plans to economise it or manipulate anyone
As I know it’s God who works it to have a hold on someone.
Speak, oh yeah sing, live and die in Deeper Love!
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
After the accident had occurred and the man died, I was hoping that God could somehow use it as means to evangelise, especially to his family and those in the area. The thought eventually became a prayer, which though in a small way, God has answered through my composing of this piece on 14 July 2010. Please pass it on.
It was not fight or flight
Did he scream, freeze or pray?
What was he thinking?
With solemnity and resolve he faced it
Did he see or hear any warning?
Whatever plans, needs or duties and earthly hopes
All gone too soon!
It was certain and it came for him
He chose not when, fast or slow, painful or tender,
Violently or peacefully, no clue had he!
Pitiable or enviable, resisting or willingly, others to say
Cursing or blessing still down he went, and gone too soon!
What state of heart died he with? Only he and God could resolve.
Into bliss or burning lake
Suppose it was you gone too soon?
How doeth with your Maker?
Only in Jesus will you be safe, when you too are gone too soon!
Look to him who planned your life for true hope and a future.
It was not fight or flight
Did he scream, freeze or pray?
What was he thinking?
With solemnity and resolve he faced it
Did he see or hear any warning?
Whatever plans, needs or duties and earthly hopes
All gone too soon!
It was certain and it came for him
He chose not when, fast or slow, painful or tender,
Violently or peacefully, no clue had he!
Pitiable or enviable, resisting or willingly, others to say
Cursing or blessing still down he went, and gone too soon!
What state of heart died he with? Only he and God could resolve.
Into bliss or burning lake
Suppose it was you gone too soon?
How doeth with your Maker?
Only in Jesus will you be safe, when you too are gone too soon!
Look to him who planned your life for true hope and a future.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
As I launch this blog, I will tell you a true story.
A young man was discharged from the University Teaching Hospital sometime in February 2009. With his suitcase, he came to Kabwata Baptist on a Sunday morning for assistance and referred to Hope Ministry, and fell into my hands. He was visibly very weak as he was on TB treatment. All he wanted was transport money to get back to Chinsali, his home village in Northern Province of Zambia, because he would be better off there.
He had left his home some 4 to 6 years ago hoping to find “green pastures” in the city but Agriflora, where he worked soon wound up. After being discharged, he only wanted to be at his distant relative’s place as a last resort because life and the hunger situation there was unbearable. So I asked him to come to the Hope office after 2 days while we organized ourselves, but disappointed him because things were not yet in place.
He complained of hunger and expressed desperation to go home. Some tea was prepared and he took his morning medication. After sharing the Gospel and counseling him, we then arranged that he comes in the afternoon. Asked what else he wanted, a Bible was ALL. It was very interesting, touching and gave much pleasure to minister to him entirely – spiritually, emotionally, physically and materially! He attended the morning church service on the following Sunday.
Finally a ticket was bought for him to take a Tuesday afternoon bus to Chinsali. Before that, I had asked him if he had made things right with God and if he was sure God had forgiven, changed and made him His child. He answered in the affirmative and could not hide his happy expression. About a month later he paged on my mobile and I phoned him. He said he was very fine and grateful, and it is on that basis I tried to just imagine his experience and put together this piece written on 24th March 2009.
A young man was discharged from the University Teaching Hospital sometime in February 2009. With his suitcase, he came to Kabwata Baptist on a Sunday morning for assistance and referred to Hope Ministry, and fell into my hands. He was visibly very weak as he was on TB treatment. All he wanted was transport money to get back to Chinsali, his home village in Northern Province of Zambia, because he would be better off there.
He had left his home some 4 to 6 years ago hoping to find “green pastures” in the city but Agriflora, where he worked soon wound up. After being discharged, he only wanted to be at his distant relative’s place as a last resort because life and the hunger situation there was unbearable. So I asked him to come to the Hope office after 2 days while we organized ourselves, but disappointed him because things were not yet in place.
He complained of hunger and expressed desperation to go home. Some tea was prepared and he took his morning medication. After sharing the Gospel and counseling him, we then arranged that he comes in the afternoon. Asked what else he wanted, a Bible was ALL. It was very interesting, touching and gave much pleasure to minister to him entirely – spiritually, emotionally, physically and materially! He attended the morning church service on the following Sunday.
Finally a ticket was bought for him to take a Tuesday afternoon bus to Chinsali. Before that, I had asked him if he had made things right with God and if he was sure God had forgiven, changed and made him His child. He answered in the affirmative and could not hide his happy expression. About a month later he paged on my mobile and I phoned him. He said he was very fine and grateful, and it is on that basis I tried to just imagine his experience and put together this piece written on 24th March 2009.
My Return
Hail or hate my return if you must;
I went away free and full of myself, proud with my plans and dreams;
Brisk in stately walk as I faced the world.
I have returned but not a “victor”, crushed in spirit by the winds of pleasure;
Sapped in vigour by the common opportunistic plagues;
Shaken by contemplation of my end and of facing a holy God!
I return a humbled and grateful soul;
I have returned a graceful soldier commissioned by the Almighty,
Armed with the Great Gospel Gun loaded with my Lord’s testimony;
Peaceful as my inner strength & joy reverberate in the tone of my narration.
My return is a happy but sober one;
Shaped by divine intervention for a costly fresh start;
Hail my return, thus I must tell!
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