Be a man!

 

Bear the shame of your sin,

your harlotry,

your unfaithfulness to the Word,

your outrageous apathy.

 

Do you truly not care?

Oh, you care?

 

Then show me -

no more lipservice

 or alien heart.

 

I will test you,

so pass my tests.

 

What do you really think of me?

Is it the truth?

Just exactly what are you doing in my temple?

Am I angry, pleased?

You tell me.

 

But I will tell you this:

your life is not your own,

says me.

Everything you have or are is a gift from my hands.

It is not for you to orchestrate your steps.

 

I am the true God,

the living God,

the eternal King.

Is there no reverence?

 

I am not your toy,

your playthingy.

This is not a game.

It is life or death.

 

Do you dare to question me?

You can certainly try,

but my plans are my plans and will not be thwarted,

and I will not give my glory to another.

 

The ways of the nations are not my ways,

and you would be wise to remember that.