The Law of the Kingdom

10/29/1995

This first section has been an encouragement to me from Jesus to renew my mind daily with these truths. I want us to live our lives interceding for men of God (our brothers and sisters) and walking in truths that please our Dad. : )

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This is the law of My kingdom, marked by the print of My feet,

Stained by the blood of My sufferings, proved in the furnace of heat;

Writ with the pen of My Spirit, and ‘shrined in My holy lore,

But also in hearts I have conquered, men who are grit to the core;

Swift as the roe on the mountains, bold as the lion in fight,

Fired with the zeal of the martyr, ready to die for the right;

Hating their lives as I told them, casting them gladly away;

Yet deep in their hearts expecting to find them again one day;

Men who dare to be different, men who dare to be true,

Choosing, instead of the broad way, the narrow path with the few;

Not drifting down with flotsam, but pressing upstream ‘gainst the tide;

Disdaining the force of convention with a will that is tougher than hide;

Who sign a cheque in My favour, leave Me to fill in the sum,

Prepared with joyous abandon to face whatever may come;

Men who will rise by the lamplight and wait at the posts of My doors,

Watch for a glimpse of their Master as they eagerly study His laws;

Women of deep intercession, whose cries awaken the dawn,

Hannahs who travail with sorrow till prophets of God be born,

Christians who will to be holy, nor care if the road be hard,

With souls athirst, their aim is first a burning passion for God—

Them will I call My disciples, them will I gladly own,

They shall inherit My kingdom and sit with Me on My throne.

But as for the weak and tepid, I would they were hot or cold,

I would they were overcomers, I would they were strong and bold;

I’m sick and tired of the spineless who bear no light that I ken;

One by one I will spew them out, for all that I seek are men.

These are the lovers of comfort, who live the undisciplined life,

With flesh that is pampered and petted, that shrinks at the touch of the knife.

Too long has the cause been hindered by salt that has lost its tang,

Fit to be thrown on the roadway and trod under foot of man.

Yet even now for the fruitless the axe is laid to the root,

For all I require in this solemn hour is the tree that brings forth fruit.

This is the law of My kingdom—that only the pure shall thrive.

That in the heat of temptation, only the true will survive.

Such as are poor and needy are heirs to My wealth untold,

The weak, who cast themselves on Me, they are the strong and the bold...

-From The King

(Refiner’s Fire Vol. II)