The God of all the universe laid out
A plan to spread the glory of his name
To those who’d never heard or seen his fame
That from dead hearts new life and joy might sprout.
Though his creation turned their hardened necks
And stiffened their resolve to serve new gods,
The God who made them sought against all odds
To win them once again as his subjects.
To reclaim his lost, fallen world he chose
A man from Ur to bear his sacred light
And give to all men hope amid their plight:
A coming seed whose wings would bear repose.
Long ages passed and many died yet hoped
In God’s sure promised seed to Abraham.
Then from obscurity stood forth the Lamb,
Yet there before the Light still blind men groped.
He wasn’t conquering King as they perceived
The prophets had foretold would come and save;
Instead he came down secretly to pave
The way to build the kingdom God conceived.
His kingdom, it turned out, was one that’d grow
In fields as God-wrought wheat along with tares
Whose master caught God’s sowers unawares
From their perspective on the earth below.
I AM’s triumphal kingdom would ensue,
Though slowly as a tree does grow in height—
A kingdom hidden from all earthly sight,
While lived and breathed by dead hearts born anew.
Before he sat again at God’s right hand,
He delegated power to his friends
To travel to this wide world’s very ends
That all men might adhere to his command.
Now sealed by Jesus’ Spirit do we go
With boldness ’cross the land and ’cross the sea
To every nation, tribe, and tongue that we
Might live to know him that they, too, might know.
© 2013 Eric Evans
A Newfound Song 
Wow Eric this is outstanding work! This piece just lets us all know how awesome God actually is! I know God chose me. I wrote a piece on my blog entitled “How God rescued me from the chains of false religion.” If you have time, check it out. Thanks again my friend! Enjoy the day!
Thanks for your kind words. I’m glad you liked the poem. And thanks for directing me to the post you mentioned. I read it just now. Praise God for what he’s done in you! I can’t imagine the emotional, mental, and spiritual upheaval you must have gone through. I’m amazed that you’re now able to conclude “I do not regret the experiences I had… because it made me see how powerful God is.” May God who has begun this good work in you be faithful to complete it! And may many see what hope they can have, too, when they hear your testimony, dear brother. As you can see, I haven’t updated this old poetry blog of mine in a long time! But my wife and I have started blogging over at http://www.theuntamedplaces.com. There I write about our experiences living abroad, and my wife takes the pictures. Grace and peace to you.