Shortchange Brings Longer Waits

Titus 1:16: They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works.

What an easy life 

When we lie or

When we cheat or 

When we steal or

When we are lazy

Then, we look at the righteous like they are the ones who are crazy when they take the long way 

After we shortchanged our way through life 

We forget we still have to pay the price 

A longer wait 

We forget that fate has a funny way of catching up

We forget how God gets weary when He’s had enough 

A longer wait

We complain about dreams deferred and 

We complain about being unheard 

But we’re too good to put in the work

That’s too bad

What are we waiting for? 

We’ve wasted precious time 

Avoiding the long way

Being slick and sly, cutting the lines 

Just putting our lives further and

Further and

Further behind 

God wants the best

But we think we can do better

What a grave mistake 

What a slap in the face 

What a long, long, long wait 

So if we keep skipping the lines and 

Living the lies and 

If we keep on not putting in the time 

We’ll never ever live how God intended 

Putting all bets on corrupt, worldly ways and wishes 

Too smart to stop shortchanging our life and our time 

But too fickle to get off the waiting line 

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