The Word of God (Jn. 8; Ez. 17:22-24)

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A WORD that seeks a home is not lost, but where does it go?
Does it roost in the top of a tree looking for another soul?
Why, Lord, do WORDS fail to lodge in one soul and find rest in another?


The Father spoke through men with prophets voicing Truth.

Men killed the prophets, but THE WORD that had spilled out of them was not emptied of its Power. 

THE WORD accomplished its purpose.


God sent His Son to speak HIS WORD to the children of those who killed the prophets,

And they either could not hear or would not listen to the Truth He spoke to them.

“I came from God,” He said to them. “He sent me—the Great I AM—and I speak His Truth.

Why won’t you listen? Why can’t you understand?”


They then killed THE VERY WORD made flesh, raised Him up on the top of a tree 

they had crafted from the wood God Himself had created. 

THE WORD OF GOD willingly resting on the top of their tree,

And salvation came pouring down upon men with the life blood Jesus freely shed for them.

The Lamb of God, THE VERY WORD, lifted high for all who saw, for all who heard 

With ears to hear God’s Truth, HIS WORD. 


THE WORD found a place to rest within the hearts of some men,

And the resurrected Savior returned to God again, His Spirit raining down

And resting upon the ones with ears to hear THE WORD 

Sown, not made void of it Power, but accomplishing what it left heaven to do.

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