I know Him

It's one thing to say you know Christ and another thing to say you really know Him. I was asked by a friend to write this piece just recently and when I read it over and over again, I understood that I wrote these words from what I know and I have found myself in.. I hope you savour every line of this poem (Spoken Word) and relate to this as I do... love you all.


I know Him
Oh I have always known Him
Who doesn't know Him?
Everyone knows Him......

You see, that was the old me
Speaking so loud and refusing to be guided
But now,
Look at how I have glided
On a path to no good
Please..
Let me speak in silent whispers
For my voice fails me
All it can softly whisper
Is one silent confession,
'I have not always known him. I needed a
show so that I could escape the grip of those 'lions' that prowl and are eager to 'trap' me
I was very smart
Well, at least...
That's what I thought....

It was my quick way of escape when I was confronted with that question.
Do I really know God?
Oh that question!

when I was a kid,
I acted like a waif
Leading myself like a vagus nerve
To an unyielding end
I was moving in the wind's direction
Pretending to have affection
To the many sermons I listened to
Eager to say, 'Hallelujah! '
But deep down, those words meant nothing
Abject Hipocrisy!
To me, everything had become easy
My thinking patterns were perforated by all manner of diseases.
My diagnosis?
I was deficient of Vitamin God....
Surrounded my people who used to think
That when we've all listened to His word
We know Him
I only but listened to the faded echoes of the voices crying out, 'We need You'
Inaudible yet distinguishable
The old me was Deaf!
My years fast spent
I only realise I lived in a fool's paradise
I didn't  really know Christ
My story is so pathetic
'Cos I had cruised all through the Antarctic,
the high seas of earth's vanity
And with great tactic
Lost my youthful years
In my disease-Lack of Vitamin God
Regret became my companion
Pity, my clothes
Anguish, my daily share of whips
Just until.....

I became fed up

Just until.....
I met Jesus.......

When I decided in my heart
To search deeper
To Look a little closer
To stare a little longer
At the life of the personality
I had given myself to..
My whole 'world' begun to tumble down
The skyscrapers of illusions
of the pleasures I wanted so badly to endulge myself in begun to fall
Everything was crashing down
At an uncontrollable
pace
Then joy filled the space
In my heart that had become so vacant
I never for once felt anger or sadness
For I understood that I had a better replacement for all that.....

I know Him
I once didn't use to
But I do now
I really do
His Word, my soothing balm
His Holy spirit,  my sweet companion
Oh I understand
I understand things that didn't seem clear to me before
Because His word is a lamp unto my feet
And a great light unto my path.
Daily I yearn to commune with Him
To dine with Him
And to come to Him
Because now, I know Jesus!