We’ve been looking at John 8:31-32, and seeing that if we follow His teaching, Jesus will lead us to freedom. Here’s a devotional poem from Christ-follower Kim Adornetto seeing the same. It’s called “Work Order.”

Lord, fix my mind
so I don’t get lost in it so often.
Fill in the cavities
with something solid
so I won’t keep hitting
these same old potholes.
Block off the danger zones
so I won’t go that way ever again.

Put up lights at the
dangerous intersections:
Right and Wrong,
Body and Soul,
Fantasy and Truth.
Put a stop sign at the corner
of Love and Need.
And create a bypass
for Depression.
And didn’t there used to be
a yield sign where Christ
turns into Heart?
Oh, and the streetlights
are getting so very dim.

Lord, I know
you’ve given me a map.
But it’s so hard to follow, and
I have a lousy sense of direction.
I have to keep checking in
every day at stations:
Matthew’s, Mark’s, Luke’s . . .
Dear God, please help me.
Won’t you please fix my mind
so I don’t get lost in it so often?

Devotional poem © 2016 Kim Adornetto. Used with permission.

Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” — John 8:31-32

Scribbling in notebooks,
reporters gather round Jesus
as the Savior speaks
of truly following Him:
“If you hold to my teaching . . .”

Seeing a soundbite,
eager editors
quickly snip the if.
If, they say, won’t sell.
Just run with what He promised.

Soon, Hebrew headlines
and Aramaic airwaves
crackle only with
“You will know the truth,
and the truth will set you free.”

Misquoted, taken out of context,
Jesus sighs:
I wanted you to see
all that you could be
if you would truly follow me.

Devotional poem © 2015 Michael Himick. Used with permission.