Will label us "eternally blessed".
RETURN UNTO ME, MY
PRODIGAL CHILDREN!
Where are
My people, My chosen, My elect?
Why have
you turned aside,
You who
have tasted My goodness and love,
My grace
and salvation besides?
Why has
your love towards Me waxed cold
And your
devotion, you’ve given to others?
You’re
foolishly walking a dangerous path,
Away from
your Heavenly Father!
You’ve not
cried out to Me or sought My face;
Instead,
you’ve turned back to the world.
In an hour
of indifference,
You’ve
forgotten My love banner unfurled.
Return
unto Me, My prodigal children!
Tell Me,
why would you suffer loss?
Fully
submit your hearts before Me
And I’ll
purge away all your dross.
My joy
shall be your companion.
My
strength will see you through.
My Spirit
shall rest upon you
And cover
you like the morning dew.
Tell Me,
why would you return to the world
To satisfy
all your needs:
A world
that is evil, dark and cold,
Full of
murder and selfish greed;
A world
plagued with wickedness,
Whose end
is very near;
A world
that despises truth and justice
And is
void of all godly fear?
Why would
you side with the devil,
Whose full
aim is to destroy your soul?
Return
unto Me and to all My ways,
And I’ll
restore you and make you whole!
[Based on II Chronicles 33]
Manasseh, Judah's king,
Did great evil in G-D's sight.
Just like the heathen nations,
He spurned G-D's Holy Light.
Rebuilding shrines in high places
That his father had torn down,
He again reared heathen altars
For Baal worship all around.
He made groves for Ashtoreth
Throughout G-D's Holy Land,
Forbidden, evil practices
Which he'd built with his own hand.
He worshipped the hosts of heaven:
The sun, the moon, and the stars;
And even worshipped the planets:
Venus, Jupiter, and Mars.
He built altars in G-D's House
Where G-D's Name should rest forever,
Altars for the hosts of heaven,
Which was no small endeavor.
He passed his children through the fire
In Hinnom's evil place,
Where he'd offered them to Molech
To his shame and full disgrace.
He observed the times around him
Through false prophets who had lied.
He used evil enchantments
To invoke the "Lord of the Flies".
He used witchcraft in his worship,
Rebelling against G-D and His ways.
He turned to the worship of nature;
To the Devil he lauded his praise.
He dealt with familiar spirits,
Conjuring them up from the dead:
A practice strictly forbidden,
Full of vile and full of dread.
He dealt with the wizzards,
Who'd entertained him day and night.
Capturing his heart, they'd convinced him
That their god had more power and might.
Manasseh provoked G-D to anger
By setting an image in His House.
He caused Jerusalem to turn from the L-RD;
Full rebellion did he arouse.
Worse than the heathen did they do,
The ones G-D destroyed off His land.
The hearts of His people were led astray
By the works of their own hands.
So G-D led the Assyrian army,
Directed by His hand above,
To drag Manasseh to Babylon,
To punish the one whom He'd loved.
In the land of his captivity,
Manasseh remembered Abraham's G-D.
And in his great humility
Sought after His forgiving nod.
He poured out his heart like water.
He greatly humbled his soul.
He made supplications to the Father
To regather him back to his fold.
Manasseh humbled himself greatly
Under the chastening rod of G-D,
Desiring to walk in His ways once again,
Renouncing his evil, pride, and fraud.
He prayed to G-D for forgiveness
Regarding his sinful past.
Then G-D inclined His ear to him
And answered his cry at last.
So Manasseh was restored to Jerusalem
To his earthly kingdom's throne.
How he'd missed his place of birth,
The place that he'd called "home".
He did not waste one minute
To destroy the Devil's work.
He tore down all the evil places.
In doing right, he did not shirk.
Day by day, he sought to destroy
Every idol off the land.
Day by day, he sought to restore
All the ways of the Great IAM.
In holy and in reverent fear,
Manasseh restored the land,
Along with the people of Judah
To the G-D of Abraham.
Today, we need this message
So much more than ever before.
For it's only in returning to G-D
That we'll ever be fully restored.
We, too, have our own high places
Secret altars that must be destroyed
We have turned to man-made fixes
And to demons we have employed.
We've forsaken our Heavenly Father
And have walked on unholy sod,
Just like King Manasseh
Who had turned his back on G-D.
It's time to destroy the high places
And to seek after G-D's holy will.
Let us return unto G-D, O' His people
That His blessings upon us be fulfilled!
| |
| "[And the L-RD said unto Solomon,] 'If I
shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locust
to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people; If My
people, which are called by My Name, shall humble themselves,and
prayer, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; Then
will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal
their land.'" - II Chronicles 7:13-14: |
Only I can satisfy
Your deepest longings and heartfelt cry.
Open wide your heart to Me.
Trust Me, child, and you shall see.
My hand upon you all day long
Will lead you right and never wrong.
My truth shall carry you ere you go.
Incline your heart, My will to know.
Embrace My Everlasting Light
Trust Me, My child, both day and night.
Through all life's storms, I'll see you through.
My ceaseless love will carry you.
Look to Me and have no fear.
Listen closely and you shall hear
My faithful love healing your soul,
Mending your heart, and making it whole
