Obey

Obey
		like Him who did obey,-
		bent down the ear
		to all his Father willed,-
		to death
		and death
		upon a gibbet,
		criminalised.

His very food, what filled his heart's 
		belly
		was that he would do
		what He, His Father, wished.
No other food would satisfy,-
		he craved for this alone,
		that every thing he did
		or said
		or thought
		was locked upon His Father's wish,-
		the Father who wished everything
		of good
		for him
		for every One.

His ear of listening heart,
		was leaning,
		straining,
		longing
		to obey, say Yes to One
		Who said His Yes to Him.

And mine? - the filings of my heart 
		are scattered wide, 
		but now
		they seek one Magnet that will draw them all
		in one great daily Yes to Him.

(Reflection on R. Cantalamessa, “The Obedience of Jesus” in “Life in the Lordship of Christ.”)