Oh Mighty God! Poem by Paul Andrew Bourne

Oh Mighty God!


Today, I stood as the king of my destiny
In full royal splendor and a purity called selfishness:
Championing my accomplishments on the hilltop through a speaker
And, boasting of my exploits in education
As well as the benefits of all the material possessions obtained through labour
Then, without a moment's notice
I stood in anguish, laden with pain from an ailment
Caused by a mysterious event
Like the wind
I whistled, groaned and bellowed in agony
Because of my infirmities
Illnesses have called my name from the deep
Then,
Ravishing my soul like a hungry lion
But I had not accepted it
still it had arrested my being

Like a song, it mesmerized my being with fluidity
Circulating from one point to the next like thunder
I felt the pain walking across my lungs
Resting for a moment in my chest
Then traveling up the coast of my spine
To the apex of my being
Like a monster it wrenched my being from within to out
Such a pain had me confused
searching for answers with mild frustrations

The pain tore through my ligament like a butcher
With precision, it carved my being's core and felt me for dead
No one could relieve my soul from this pain
It acted like a scratched record
singing the same line for days
Yes, my enemies have got their day of glory
Boasting of their God's invincibility
and laughing at my eternal God
saying that his God has gone to sleep
while he succumbs to illness
Then said they, look at the man of God in anguish and his God is speechless

They say his God is either deft in deceit or mute to his calamities
They laugh and my soul becomes weary with bitterness
It seems like the eternal God has forsaken me
Why has he left me for dead?
Then, I cried to Him saying Oh Mighty God
Come and rescue my soul from Satan's grasp
Oh Mighty God please hear my cry
As I am desperately searching for your mercies and tender kindness towards me
Oh Mighty God please hear my cause and fight my battles
As my enemies are ready to laugh at me
Oh no, not me but thee Oh Mighty God
They will mock
Because I serve only you
and if you do not save me they will triumph over me like crows
So Thy name will henceforth lose its glory

Oh Mighty God!
My sorrows are thine
And to Thee do I plead my case
Then, like a storm you visited me
Like David of old
Thou must rescue me from the snare of the beast
To my surprise in a moment your visited me in the quiet of the night
And heal my body
The pain had vanished to the scientists' surprised but not to mine
Then my enemies were confounded and bewildered by your greatness
because Thy greatness and handy works were on display
They said who is His God
Who hath healed him from his curse?
But I smiled
As my God is faithful to the cause of His people
And in Thine my God I hold you to you promise
You promised never to leave or forsake me
Oh Mighty God!
In you do I look for my help
I hold Thee to loving kindness and promise
I smile in the presence of the enemies
Because I know Oh Mighty God that though hath visited me in my time of need

In you Oh Lord do I extol thy name
I will continue to trust in thee like men of old
Oh Mighty God;
I plead my case before Thee
because thou hart faithful to thy words
And I will continue to hold you those words
As they cannot past away without You acting upon them
So, Oh Mighty God
Be my protection in this wilderness
Feed me with the ravens
And hide not thy face from me
Hide not your loving kindness and mercies from me
Oh Mighty God!
I cannot rest on my words
But, Thine are from eternity and beyond
A sure promise that cannot be reneged upon
You promised and I accept
Thy words have I hide in heart that I will not forsake Thee
So, hide not thy mercies from me
Because I'm nothing without you
Lest the enemies laugh at love for Thee
Saying where is His God
So let them laugh at their own condemnation
And the haters confused by their own scorn
because of how you address my cause
Let them see me and wonder not who is my God
Oh Mighty God!
Deliver me from the clutches of my foes
Let them see the awesomeness of your glory

Oh Mighty God!
Thou came and hide my ailment from me
And not could understand its meaning
My enemies were confused
they marveled at my state of perfection from sorrows
But, it is Thee O Mighty God that hast done this great deed
That has wrought this miracle upon my being
I extol Thee from my mother's womb to the ending of my days
Let them see that Thou Oh Mighty God cannot be laughed at

Hide thyself not from your children's cry
In Thee will I trust from henceforth to end of my days
Oh Mighty God!
Thanks for Thy goodness unto me
Thou hast brought many gifts in my life
Oh Mighty God, who is mightier than Thee
Or who can hide a secret like Thee
Oh Mighty God,
in Thee I praise and rest assured of your promises
In Thee Oh Mighty God, I am complete and free
For thou Oh Mighty God is everything to me