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TAKE A BOAT ACROSS A LAKE by Stan Arney © 2009 Jesus' disciples were given a great gift Of which the morale of the people to lift To cast out demons, heal the sick, His message to spread To help feed five thousand, with both fish and bread Full of themselves, they overstepped their boundary Soon they would learn the hard lesson of humility For who were they, to tell Him what He should do It did not bring His wrath, even cause Him to argue He simply gave them a task, to take a boat across a lake They had no clue how much effort this would take After all, they were now His equal or so they thought How wrong they were, they were about to be taught While He spent time in prayer, they struggled to row Do you doubt that He knew and that He made it so When the time was right, He strolled past their boat Do you think He wondered if He would stay afloat Peter was brave, but in the end doubt got him too Jesus gave him a gift, then had to come to his rescue Once He was in the boat, they begged for His forgiveness Truly He is the Son of God, they openly confess Jesus taught them they could do nothing of their own accord That God, His Father, be given His glory and not be ignored He taught them nothing is impossible, with God by your side And that He would always be their teacher, servant, and guide Trust in God, with all your heart, mind, body, and soul Faith is always knowing, that God is in control When we take credit for glory due God, we struggle to row Do not doubt that He knows or that He makes it so. |
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