God knows the heart of all,
unlike the men
who look down from the platform
and quickly judge them.
Not many should be leaders
in the churches of the day,
for not many speak the truth…
Do you watch what they say?
They place themselves higher
with their knowledge and wins,
while never acknowledging
that we all have our sins.
Why should we follow
the ones who are hurt
by something within them,
while they shout out and blurt
from a place at the center
of a stage in the light,
where they feel good about themselves;
where their wrongs are made right?
Belittling the audience
and patronizing the sheep
causes the vulnerable to wither
and the saddened to weep.
The widow came to the church
to find comfort from mourning,
but she now finds solitude
after the tirade Sunday morning.
All have fallen short,
even the man at the stage.
So why does he claim
to be on a different page?
Why does he lift himself higher
than you and me?
Why does he have a sense of self-regard
and eyes that can’t see?
God is the judge,
and Christ is the Way.
We don’t have to be sad
when we hear what men say.
We just have to embrace
His Spirit within,
and believe that He died (once and for all)
for all of our sin.
When we rejoice in His truth
we find comfort and joy,
but if the heart is now broken
— by words that destroy —
run far from the abusers
and straight into His arms.
His love is the comfort
from all of these harms.
Harmful men and their message
of how we all need a beating
before we can stand flawless
before the Lord’s Holy seating
are turning people away
from the hope that Christ provides.
They manipulate and twist
the truth with their lies.
I pray you find refuge
in His truth and His Word
and realize that many of our churches
are deceiving and absurd.
Seek out HIS truth
so you can discern.
So you’ll follow Christ —
not what men have you learn.
There’s a disease in The Body,
and it’s built on the greed
of the passion of self
and the craftiness men weave.
Keep a close eye on your Bible,
and less on the man who leads,
because one is the truth
and the other deceives.
