I Pray I Dare Not Say
1. I dare not say…There are many idols to idolize along the way cause it’s the highway and byways of life that tantalize like golden calves and I’m free to worship whatever and whomever I choose cause I can.
2. I dare not say…Tis okay to say His name at any time and in any way I want cause I can.
3. I dare not say…I shall do what I want when I want and on any day I want…cause I need no rest as the rules are mine and I’ll honor myself and do what I want cause I can.
4. I dare not say…I need not obey anyone much less my mother and father cause I’ll do what I want. Rules don’t protect cause it’s not what I want nor when I want it. Someone is going to say “no” to me? I don’t think so as it’s not what I want you know and I know I can.
5. I dare not say…I can take this life, or that one, or my own cause that’s what’s best for me…oh yes I can.
6. I dare not say…I can cause I’m an adult…and it sickens yet I partake cause it feels as though it elevates for a moment or two or three…so let me be… cause I’ll do what I want cause I can.
7. I dare not say…I can take what is yours cause what’s yours is mine and how dare you have more and I will take… shame on you for having more than me. And never mind you give away your second tunic! I need that tunic and why give to someone else when I can take it…cause I can.
8. I dare not say…I will repeat what I thought you said. What? That’s not what you said? But that is what I heard you say. Therefore, it’s what you must have meant. Defend yourself? No, let me bully and name call first. Let me beat down upon you. That way, I will have a network cursing the very ground you walk upon cause after all… that’s what I thought you said so therefore, it must be what you meant. And I say so cause I can.
9. I dare not say…It’s no big deal you are married to another and who does it hurt? After all, we are consenting adults. I’ll do what I want and as long as I get what I want…that’s all that matters. Never mind I betray myself. Never mind I betray the foundation of trust. I got what I want and it hurts no one else cause that’s how I see it cause I can 10. I dare not say…Your stuff is bugging me as it looks like you have a lot and since I don’t like you having so much stuff… I don’t like you either. After all, it’s about me cause that’s how I see it cause I can.
So how are we doing on the modern day version of justifi-cation— justifying that which we do or don’t do? Did you get 80% right this week? Maybe about 50% ? Doing pretty good in the what not to do areas? Not bad until we sneak a peek at James 2:10. “Whoever stumbles in one area is guilty of breaking them all.”
So what’s the use? Why even try? I think that’s the point. We can’t do it. Only He can .and therein lies our hope. 1 John 1:9 says, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us from ALL our sins and to cleanse us from ALL unrighteousness.” In other words, we allow Him to carry and transform all areas in which we fall short. The reminder that “the freedom to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Phil. 1:21) is a good place to end. Freedom comes when we die to self with a daily dose of turning over that which is His to Him. It’s always about Him.
So when we stumble And when we fall And when we confess— It will be about Thee And not me Cause You can.
Amen.
