God's Not a Game

God’s not a toy, and faith is not a game,
the Church Christ founded’s not some ball or frisbee,
we treat God like His Holy Day and Name,
with humble due respect before His mystery.

We don’t judge God by standards we invent,
we don’t make Him jump through the hoops we make,
we don’t just heed the laws we don’t resent,
He sees right through a faith we try to fake.

I’m not some actor and life’s not a play,
faith’s a commitment, honest and sincere,
it takes God’s power to keep the enemy at bay,
I need to tell Him “Yes!”--right now, right here.

Let me react, not just with how I feel,
but to You, Lord, so loving, true and real.

-- by Pete Voelz       12/9/12