The Call

 

My desire for worship springs from the very core of My being

I have made you.

I have given you life.

Your life springs forth from My life.

I call you to come back to Me, to find your life in My life.

That, is worship!

 

To whatever or whomever you look as your source of life,

to that you give worship.

 

That which becomes the object of your heart's search,

that you worship.

 

That which you would embrace and cling to;

fearing that without it you would lose the meaning of life,

to that you offer worship.

 

That which most warms your heart by its presence,

or the assurance of its coming;

or leaves you feeling cold and lifeless in its absence,

or the fear of its loss,

to that you bow in worship.

 

You worship.

You will worship.

I have made you to worship.

You cannot refuse to worship.

But you chose the object of your worship.

 

I call you to worship Me!

 

Ken Stoltzfus

 

   Born in 1940, Ken Stoltzfus has worked as a pilot, ordained Christian minister, businessman, missionary to Africa and writer. This is #3 in the section, "Poetry and Piety", at www.flyinghigher.net, and is one of many short writings that can be found there.

 

© 2003, Ken Stoltzfus, flyinghigher.net, P.O. Box 548, Apple Creek, OH 44606 USA. May be printed for personal use and may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes without further permission if proper acknowledgment is given and a copy is sent to the author.