A Question of Humility (#24)

When people utter compliments for the “poetry knack”
That You have given me, Lord, how should I react?
I know that I should never take all the credit for me;
As a Christian, I bow to You my knee.
Yet Paul wrote in his second letter to Timothy:
“Elders who rule well deserve honor doubly.”
For if we see others doing Your will,
Your Word says “Do not hold them still.”
And “A worker, of his wages, is worthy.”
But, though I may be, I wish only to bring You glory.
So I pray, Lord, that as Your work I do,
I would seek only to honor You.
And, if I am honored, may humble I stay,
And through Your work, continue to point others to the Way.