'this is the paradigm shift..."

from The Uprising::

This is the paradigm shift...
                       That I must not simply do what I can,
                       I must do what it takes.
                       And risk drowning
                       To swim in the sea of His will.
                       Risk failing.
                       Risk missing the mark.
                       And even risk His displeasure
                       If I am to please Him fully.
This is the paradigm shift : "He who seeks to save his life will lose it" + The shift: "He is not dead, but sleepeth" + That I must not simply do what I can: "Look, I said you could meet here, but who'll pay for this roof?" + What I Can: "God I already went one mile. What more do they expect?" + But I must do what it takes: "The Samaritan put the man on his donkey & went to the inn" + What it takes: "It was I who touched the hem of your garment" + And risk drowning: "Stay your hand, Abraham!" + Drowning: "Lord, if it be you, bid me come" + To swim in the sea of His will: "The man to whom this girdle belongs will be bound" + Risk failing: "No! Be it far from thee, Lord" + Failing: "I told you I know Him not" + Risk missing the mark: "I will take Mary as my wife" + Missing the mark:"You Ninevites will surely die" + And even risk His displeasure: "For even ten righteous, Lord?" + His displeasure: "Then also blot out the name of Moses from thy book along with the Israelites" + If I am to please Him fully: "And they stoned Stephen calling on God."                        This is the paradigm shift 
                       That I must not simply do what I can, 
                       I must do what it takes.   And risk drowning 
                       To swim in the sea of His will.
                       Risk failing.  Risk missing the mark. 
                       And even risk His displeasure
                       If I am to please Him fully.

                                  -LINK, The Uprising