Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Egypt Calling


When Egypt came calling one day,

I paused and told her, “But, I thought we were so far away”

Egypt whispered to me, “We can change that, it doesn’t need to be so.”

“Think about all the wondrous sights here; you really want to say ‘No’?”

It had been a long time, since those Sphinx days, thought I

The sarcophagus, the papyrus, the Nile that I had bid goodbye


“Tourism in Egypt is big these days”, said she  

“It wouldn’t hurt if you visit now and then maybe?”

“It’s not as if I’m immigrating!” I said to myself

“I can take those cheap flights and be back soon, works out well.”

“Take my hand” said Egypt, “The flight tickets might go up!”

“I’ll lead you back; in fact, you can even keep your eyes shut.”


As I slid off the couch of my reverie

I heard this still faint voice calling out to me

I turned and saw the awful, bloody sight of a man

So badly beat up was he, he was barely able to stand

And on and on he walked while crowds jeered and mocked

Until finally to a hill he was eventually brought


“The tickets are going to go up! Listen to me!”

Egypt was persistent, she wouldn’t let me be

But I kept looking at this man, as they hammered his hands into a cross

Quite a wretched and sorrowful sight I thought this was

Some were spitting at him, while others laughed

“You saved others, now save yourself!” one old timer barked


And through his blood soaked face, he managed one look

It said, “While you deliberate, I have all of your punishment took”

“Egypt will always call; those cheap flights will always stay cheap”

“But My love for you, I have always kept strong and will always keep”

And as that man breathed His last, letting go of the earthly life He lived

He said these few, yet definitive words, “Father, forgive…”


The next thing I know, Egypt had been smacked in the face

“Get out of here! Your audacity has me amazed.”

Egypt slithered out, not one more word she had said

My thoughts of a tour of Egypt, were good as dead


So watch your step, friends. Make sure there's no evil unbelief lying around that will trip you up and throw you off course, diverting you from the living God. For as long as it's still God's Today, keep each other on your toes so sin doesn't slow down your reflexes. If we can only keep our grip on the sure thing we started out with, we're in this with Christ for the long haul. These words keep ringing in our ears: Today, please listen; don't turn a deaf ear as in the bitter uprising. For who were the people who turned a deaf ear? Weren't they the very ones Moses led out of Egypt? 

And who was God provoked with for forty years? Wasn't it those who turned a deaf ear and ended up corpses in the wilderness? And when he swore that they'd never get where they were going, wasn't he talking to the ones who turned a deaf ear? They never got there because they never listened, never believed. 

Hebrews 3:12 - 19 (The Message Bible)


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