Comfortable In the Discomforts of the Heart
by Michael Doyle

Past all the great and well-known speakers
Is the preacher in comfortable sneakers
He's giving a shout-out about Revelation
As he provides a succinct explanation

A life lived in a would-you-rather game
The choice was made to loudly preach it
Even a preacher's kid knows all the same
That for some truths, you have to teach it

You need to lean in with enthusiasm
As the good news is given with optimism
Christ gives us that great things are in store
Until it brings us coming back for more

It's a prayer said for the benefit of everyone
Given in a message spread about the Son
In all that we are given and quietly told
The age of Revelation has begun to unfold

There are critical things that we must say
As we rapidly approach these last days
We are becoming aware as we live in this age we're in
That there will be hard days despite being forgiven

In this place filled with brotherly love
We fill the space through the ways of Heaven above
There will be times filled with great pain
God has told us and made it quite plain

God's open door cannot be shut with just any key
But the key of David, which we have yet to see
Those who stand strong in and for God's holy name
Will be made and kept strong, all without blame

This is the age of coming times for the earth's trial
It's the last leg of our sacred survival
Those who keep the faith given in its affirmation
Will be steadfast by and through God's proclamation

We keep our faith in the creator's divine liberty
Not by the words revealed by the world's insecurity
But that our ears should be tuned to what is right
While blinded eyes are returned to their holy sight

Trusted voices will have the right to assessment
From these truths will come the actual investment
What we need to know comes as our correction
These are the words worth our introspection

The promises God has made are the true motivation
To keep the integrity of our lasting correction
Let us let holiness be grafted into our step
For this is the truth in all that we have left

Let thy will be done in all and in everything
Given the best of our best in what we bring
We receive God's words, knowing they are inspired
While never allowing ourselves to be too tired

We are not to conform God to our points of view
But instead to remake ourselves as He knows true
This world is filled with risky bits of navigation 
It requires us to always stay in naked reflection

In these tricky times that question authority
Turning aside Kurious as if it's simply legendary
Choice architecture is nothing but manipulation
That strives to drive division through its insinuations

Living life by a menu of false categories
Is to walk a path that is incendiary
Harm dished out is the primer of false identity
But there are other choices far more friendly

Full of grace and full of truth to discern
This is the path through which we learn
Jesus is the Lord who came to serve us all
This is the truth we must keep in mind and recall

In a world filled with lies, His is the truth
It has been spoken and kept before us since our youth
Christ is the ultimate gatekeeper of the door
That divided good and evil in this spiritual war

So many doors are of unneeded distractions
And can be inherent in their explicit attraction
We should be praying these are shut away
If we are to keep the path and not stray

We Christians are called out as fishers of men
We must focus on this or fall for our sins
This leads away from our needed salvation
And with this fall from grace, we lose our relation

This, then, is our golden opportunity
When we can bring life with our ability
This is the truth; we were born to care
And by our walk, we must share

(c) November 17, 2024   Michael Doyle
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