Refiner’s Fire

A long and lonely road

I walked hopelessly

Never knowing your name

Witnessing your beauty

I ran from your truth

But all along it was you

The light, the right view

Your fire came and I knew

No father to instruct me

My mother fast asleep

You wanted mercy, I saw

Sacrifices I couldn’t keep

In your perfect timing

My soul became sealed

The enemy came for priming

So you could be revealed

Afraid of your wrath

Living in denial

Claiming your name

Dead and defiled

Running from your house

Feeling rejected

My face turned back

To all I had expected

Wandering aimlessly

You remained inside

That mercy still active

I was lost and blind

Then I faced death

You moved in power

Opened my eyes

And set me aflame

I see now, your eyes

Oh, how they’re burning

It was as you had written

To know you more, I’m yearning

Committed to darkness

For your righteous offering

It is you who cleanses

And wills the refining

You make the choice

No others can define

I can hear your voice

I grow on your vine

Your coming for your people

Who will endure?

Fall to your knees weeping

Let the Refiner make you pure