We Need You, Lord" by Joanna Fuchs

       As I like to do on occasion, I came about a good poem that can hit home with many people in our culture and the church.  It is called "We Need You, Lord" by Joanna Fuchs.
 

We need you, Lord.
Like lost wanderers in a burning, empty desert
thirst for cool, clean water,
we long for you to quench us.
In a world gone progressively mad,
with chaos all around us,
we seek refuge in the order and purpose of your law.
With evil sneaking, leaking everywhere,
spreading heavy darkness,
creating feelings of emptiness,
we hunger for your goodness and light.
Turn us around, Lord, we pray;
retrieve your sheep who have gone astray.
Draw us to the satisfaction
of your purity and righteousness.
Cleanse us, and make us more like you,
role models, examples, beacons,
for others who are searching for meaning for their lives.
Come, Lord Jesus.
We need you, Lord.

 
       We truly should have an intense desire and thirst for the Lord and for righteousness (Matthew 5:6).  In many ways, our world has been going astray as the poem suggested.  Sadly, we do see our culture being more and more accepting of sin.  Then, as a result of sin and our culture, some in the church have fallen away.  However, we are the ones who can be the good examples and lights to guide the lost back to the Lord (Matthew 5:16). 
       Let's continue to thirst for the Lord.  Let's remember that we are lights to the world.  And let's never become too numb that we no longer think we need God.

 

Brett Petrillo