I
Since God created the world
many years ago,
He's done a great amount of work
on this earth,
He's suffered
the worst of humanity's rejection
and experienced numerous slanders.
No one welcomed
God's arrival on earth.
They all brushed Him off
with such disregard.
He's suffered
thousands of years of hardship.
Man's conduct long ago
broke His heart.
He no longer pays attention to
man's rebellion,
but plans to transform
and cleanse them instead.
God's only wish is for man
to listen and obey,
to feel ashamed before His flesh
and not resist.
All He wishes for everyone,
for all of us today,
is to simply believe He exists.
II
God in the flesh
has suffered enough derision
and experienced exclusion
and crucifixion;
He has also endured
the worst of man's world.
Father in heaven
couldn't bear to behold this.
He threw back His head
and shut His eyes
to await the return
of His beloved Son.
God's only wish is for man
to listen and obey,
to feel ashamed before His flesh
and not resist.
All He wishes for everyone,
for all of us today,
is to simply believe He exists.
III
God stopped asking more of man
long ago.
The price He paid
is already too high,
and yet man continues to rest easy;
to God's work
they just turn a blind eye.
God's only wish is for man
to listen and obey,
to feel ashamed before His flesh
and not resist.
All He wishes for everyone,
for all of us today,
is to simply believe He exists.
from Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs
