God Depends

You are so great, O God, You don’t need me,
so why do You resort to one so small,
is it Your masterplan and mystery
rule for some things, I’m needed most of all?

In this world You don’t intervene too much,
You give us freedom so we can discern
how to deal with the ones we meet and touch,
so that our wings to fly to heaven we earn.

Augustine said to pray like all depends
on God, but work like all depends on me,
and JFK says, as his great speech ends,
on earth God’s work is ours because we’re free.

Just as we, Lord, depend on You above,
below You must depend on us to love.

                        by Pete Voelz     10/11/14