God’s Gift Within (1) Poem by Michael P. Johnson

When Light first dawns within our soul –Isa.60: 1
When truth is first conceived –Ro.8: 15
Power’s received to make us whole –Ro.15: 19
Through whom we have believed –2Ti.1: 12

God’s promised Gift to Jesus’ bride –Eph.1: 13
God’s strength from head to toe –2Ti.1: 7
God’s living Light ever inside -Jn.3: 5-6
The world declines to know –Jn.14: 17

But what’s The Ghost of Jesus for? –Ro.8: 11
How does He come, and why? –Ac.8: 15-20
Why should He teach about the law? –Jn.14: 26
When through it, people die –2Co.3: 6

The Breath of Truth, God only wise –1Co.1: 25
Will give to understand –Heb.8: 11
Will open wide the churches eyes –Eph.1: 17-18
Who’ve found Salvation’s hand –Jn.10: 28

The church inspired; can learn to fly –1Th.1: 3
Can learn God’s secret things –1Co.2: 10-12
Giving herself to Christ on high –Ro.12: 1
She’ll rise to Him on wings –Isa.40: 31

For this, her knee must learn to bend –Isa.45: 23
Her head to Christ must bow –Jas.4: 6-10
Content! The Lord her God will send –Jn.16: 7-12
The One to guide her now –Jn.16: 13-15

He comes by grace, in Jesus name –Jn.14: 26
In truth, in perfect light –Isa.60: 1
Baptised in Jesus’ Holy Flame -Lk.3: 16-17
We’ve armour fit to fight –2Co.10: 4

How great is God this Gift to give? –Mt.7: 11
Such love, such inner peace –Gal.5: 22
Through Jesus’ Ghost, we’ll come to live –Isa.34: 4
When God makes time to cease –Rev.21: 23-25…PTO…