Poezie The persecuted Jesus

16.11.08 - The international day of prayer for the persecuted church



What name is this



that men, women and children



lay down their lives for!?



What have they seen in Him!?!



What way had He revealed



Himself to them



that He is so compelling,



so full of wonder



and so true?



What power drives them



to the death row,



that beckons them,



they willingly and smiling go!



What kind of name is this



that when they speak out loud



with courage and in trust



they are enchained



and put in prisons,



and when they’re trodden down and tortured



they sing His glorious Name!!!



What splendour crowns this name!?!



that drives fear out of their hearts



defies the persecutors’ hate



yet love their souls!?!



What majesty’s around this name



that they cannot but spread with cost of life!?!



yet with our very eyes have failed to see



and have an image far too dim and faded



of this celestial king!?!



This name we grow up with



this very One is so life-changing



but is the least esteemed.



That way He has revealed to them



that thirst and long for Him,



but we just get familiar with



and take for granted



what’s blood paid.



That power is for everyone who wants it,



It’s fuel for every step in furnace



and in front of sword.



This kind of name we barely speak of



we hide ourselves,



don’t want to be embarrassed of,



and stay silent when people talk about.



That splendour is around His name



but we are just too slack to crave for,



too blind, too burdened in our sins,



too weak to see Him.



That majesty’s around this name



but we don’t even know of.



He waits for us to share it,



to taste of Him and pass it on.



This name is all that Father God



has given us to bring us life,



to make us new



by the blood of His cross



and by the faith in Him



to come to be like Him.



To live for Him and die for Him.



They leave their life



to die into their faith.



We leave our faith



to die out of our life.



This is the Man that called them



to the altar



This is the Man that called us



to give our lives for Him.



This is the persecuted Jesus Christ.