God stopped fire to answer Moses, and God answered me today

Oh my soul, continue to trust

Your God is good, He never rests.

You pleaded with God- the God of heaven

And He replied with tremendous blessing.

Oh take heart, spirit of mine

God is all powerful and divine.

He beckons creation at his will

It responds in the past, and it obeys still.

This God of yours is supreme and strong

He will protect- it’s to Him you belong.

The son of yours that needed grace

He has redeemed from that scary place.

You asked I AM to keep him here

The God who is, replied very clear:

“David, your son who truly belongs to me

Will stay with you, I set him free.

“You see, I am great, strong and true

And all of those that belong to you

Are my children too, and that you know

Teach them my ways as they grow.

“I may keep them with you for a while

I know they will bring you many smiles.

But never never ever forget

This everlasting benefit.

“I listened to you from your lowly place

I extended grace after grace after grace

So you would know, that you should pray

Every day, and ask for grace.”

“O God”, I hear myself reply

“If I didn’t have you, I would die.

Expire without a chance to breathe

I wouldn’t even want to be.

“You rescued me when I was young and ill

Just like my Zechariah- Oh, keep him still.

I owe you my children, I owe you my wife

I owe you my affections, my drive, my life.

“Oh keep me in your loving way

Don’t let me part- even for a day.

Let my children grow and daily think

About You, O Great King of Kings.

“I know you heard my humble cry

And thousands more, sought your eye.

I asked them to pray for Z to you

Knowing that’s who you respond to.

“And that you did, O God of my heart

All those people will know to start

That You are Sovereign, God of all

And every day, we should beckon and call.

“I love you with my spirit and soul

I accept your answer and control.

No matter what you may do with little Z

I’ll always your little child be.

I hail from the roof, I scream with my mouth

That Yahweh is the reason to shout.

YOU HEARD MY PRAYER, YOU PROVED TO ME

THAT GOD IS A GOD WHO ANSWERS ME.

YOU HEARD ME FROM YOUR HIGH PLACE

EVEN FROM YOUR THRONE OF GRACE

YOU HEARD MY LITTLE VOICE AND PLEA

And said, “Yes, David, He belongs to me.”

“I’ll save that boy, that cutie pie

I’ll keep him with me so he won’t die.

I have a plan for him, you see

That’s why He’s going to be my Z.

“You train him well, and handle with care

I may not always leave him there.

For now my son, he’s yours to keep

For that, David, fall on your knees.

As I fall in soul and spirit

To kneel before this King divine

I worship wholly with my being

Yahweh, Jesus, King of mine.

To the God of the Universe

O Lord my God, I cry to you.  I need you.  I fall before with you with a broken spirit.  I am helpless and at your mercy.  I am surrounded with sorry, woe, and pain.  Please come comfort your child.  O God of the highest heaven, fix my heart on you.  Cause me to walk in your statutes even now.  Remove the doubt my heart holds, and make me love you even more.  Don’t take your spirit away from me.  Descend from on high, and surround my soul.  Fashion a balm to overcome me.  Increase my faith in you, and only you.  Don’t let me wander from You.  Remove my sin, grant that I would walk in your ways.   Keep me, O keep me from today until my dying day.

Be with my son.  Protect his heart.  Cause his body to be whole again.  Make Him grow to be your servant.  Give him no pain.  Save Him for your name’s sake, my God the King.  You alone are worthy.  You cause the sun to rise, the world to turn, and the galaxies to be numerous.  You command sparrows, are captions of Kings, you are the Lord of history, O Sovereign God, save my son.  Use your power to remove what hurts Him.  For your sake alone I ask, my King.  You protect your people.  You choose people, events, and history.  O make my son be part of your history.  Keep my son the way you have kept me.  Grow Him to be a champion for You and only You.  Great Jehovah, your love is great love, will you greatly love my son today?  My spirit begs you, I call to you, O King of the universe, respond to me today.

Love my wife.  Guard her feelings.  Cause her to fall longingly toward You and no other.  O Yahweh, you are the I AM from the beginning.  Grant that my Sarah would know You are.  You always have been , you are today, and you will continue to be.  Pass your spirit to her and cause her to trust you, and know you more.  Remove her doubt, strengthen her body and mind.  Keep her forever in your care.  O Great God, you respond to your people.  You make miracles out of nothing.  You created things out of nothing.  You sustain my being, and all the world around.  You can stop the sun.  You cause good things to happen for your people.  O make today a good day for Sarah.  Use your power to draw her to you.  Don’t let her wander.  Be a salve for her spirit as you have for thousands of years to your chosen people.

Protect the others.  Don’t let my children doubt you because of today.  Use our trial to strengthen their faith in you.  Keep them from now until they meet you.  Cause my little children to seek your face all their days.  Let them love each other the way you have loved me. 

O God, you have taken the heart of stone and put in a heart of flesh just as you told Jeremiah.  Will you do this physically for Zechariah today?  Do this for him twice.  You have said all things work for good for those who you have called.  I am only yours.  You called me once.  Make this work for good.  You protected David while he hid form Saul.  David was your anointed one.  O God, anoint my Zechariah, and protect him from harm.  You asked Abraham to offer his only son to you.  He did, and you gave him back.  I have laid my son on your arms today, O please, return my little baby. You chose another sacrifice for Abraham, and saved Isaac.   Take me instead, but leave my son if you choose.  You ask us to be a witness for you.  We do, and will witness the way you saved my son.  O sovereign God act today on my behalf.  Respond to me because I am yours and you asked us to ask you.  Some do not have because they do not ask, but I am pleading with you to hear and to save.  You are a great God, the I AM.  You have guarded me these several weeks, please continue.  Oh my little boy needs you now.  Remove any obstacle he may have.  Give him a life to grow and love you.  What more can a baby do, but love their creator?  Let him grow, and He’ll know you.  He’ll know how you saved Him because I’ll tell him.  O God you do nothing by accident.  Cause my son to be healed.  Take away any effect, and make him be a strong man for your service. 

I love you my King.  You have saved me, and you keep me.  Even now I feel you.  Someday I’ll see you. 

You are the master of the world.  You command Kings, princes, and the dust.  I fall before you with my request knowing you hear me and love me.  I will proclaim you to the housetops no matter what you may do for me.  You are still God, and I am yours.  You have chosen this path for me, I know not why, but this I do know:  I am to tell of your great love, your saving hand, your Son who died in my place willingly and lovingly.  This of which I did not deserve, but you freely gave.  I stand in awe of your great mercy, and I beg you to show more of your grace in dealing with Zechariah, Sarah, the kids, and me.

You delivered your people from Pharaoh when all they saw was a sea of water, and certain death awaited them.  You can do this today.  I humbly ask You to deliver your Zechariah in the same way.

The Great Physician

Our paths will part for a while, my son.

In short time, I hope again to be one.

You always seem to have been near

But tomorrow that may be unclear.

I want to walk with you and take your place

But God has designed you to take that space.

To go alone, to be out of touch

To bear a burden that weighs so much.

I’m just your Dad, that’s all I can say.

I am weak and feeble, and I fail each day.

My strength is a shadow on a day like today

My arms can’t protect or show you the way.

I want to hold you, guard you, and defend

I want to be with you until the end.

But I’m just your Dad, my little Z

I stand arms outstretched as you leave.

I would trade with you with no question

So you might stay, and play and function.

But your Creator holds his Hand to me

And asks me, “David, just leave him be.”

Oh I ache to trade with you.

Our Father just doesn’t want me to.

He has chosen me to be your Dad

And for you tomorrow to hold His hand.

O Zechariah, you aren’t alone

You see, God is still on His throne

He may turn me away from you

But His grace and mercy will see you through.

Your Father in Heaven loves you so

He wants You to know this trial also.

So as you grow and become a man

You’ll know his presence and His plan.

Son of my body, son of the King

You are a splendid beloved thing

That God himself has loved and shaped

For tomorrow’s events, O be not dismayed!

You see, God himself had a son

He was the perfect beloved one.

God loved his son, and freely gave

His life away, for you to save.

Dad’s love their sons, my little child.

I know I’ll see you after a while.

Rest in your Father, the one above

For He looks down on you with love.

I know someday, we may talk and see

Of this Jesus who died for you and me.

Will you know him my son, my child

And Rest in him this week for a while?

I want to teach you more as you grow

So as a young man, you’ll certainly know

That God your Father is your true friend

Dad may not be with you til the end.

If I leave you first, you stand with the King

I wouldn’t want any other thing.

The Great Physician hails you, my boy

Trust him, Love him, and enjoy.