THE SINGLE HEARTED MAN

By Rev. Dean Beaty 2/14/03

 

I listened to the words of men,

Condemning me to awful sin

Preachers, who I’m sure meant well.

But they did not God’s truth forth tell.

 

They taught with fervor and with zest

That only this could be God’s best.

“The highest calling ever heard,

To be a preacher of God’s word.”

 

And so I strove to follow them,

That I might be God’s crowning gem.

And whether in the flesh or no

Only God in time will show

 

So I would be what men declared,

To be the only thing God cared.

Then came the day at God’s bequest.

I could not fill that sacred desk.

 

My heart felt low with little worth.

I had no purpose on this earth.

If I could not fulfill this quest

Then I could never be God’s best

 

Oh foolish man that I had been

To listen to the words of men.

For they had led me to pursue

A purpose that was never true.

 

Does God need men to preach His word?

Does God need men? The thoughts absurd.

Our God has made the body one

Not all can be the lips and tongue.

Our worth is not in where one serves

But that we give what God deserves

Our best, our all, with single heart,

In which the Lord has every part.