Saturday, February 14, 2009

A Life In The Making

Walking around with my head in the sand
I fell prey like so many of us do
My heart not yet settled, still finding my way
Unaware of what You planned to do

For too many years I wasted my days
Aimlessly swimming through filth-ridden seas
Of promised fulfillment in all of the things
That this world had to offer me

Trudging through sin on my road to redemption
I always knew in Whom I believed
With one hand in the fire and one stretched out to You
I personified dichotomy

I grew up singing songs of how Jesus loved me
Read my Bible and learned how to pray
But my walk was sustained on the milk of the Word
Not taking much for my heart to stray

The world had my "friends" that I thought I could change
I WAS DIFFERENT but soon I'd see
God's never wrong and that's why He said
Good morals fall to bad company

Never grounded in faith, never choosing to stand
A prime target for my enemy
How could I expect to hear Your voice
When submerged in my own apathy

I began searching for purpose in life
Desperately seeking to find a way
To lay my past at the foot of Your cross
To taste life that's new everyday

Then one evening You opened a door
And began unveiling the mysteries
Of Your truth and love and power at hand
What once was hidden I now could see

The people I live with or pass on the street
Are just pawns in this battle I fight
My enemy, Satan, and his soldiers at arms
Wage the war to extinguish the light

For I do not fight against flesh and blood
But against rulers and authorities
That come only to steal, kill and destroy
All that Jesus desires for me

Yet this I know, the God I serve
Has already defeated my enemy
He holds my world in the palm of His hand
And with the other He carries me

Do you hunger and yearn for so much more?
Are you seeking a chance for new life?
He will do for you what He did for me
When you ask and you seek, you will find

My life's been changed in so many ways
By a God with unfailing love
Your life can change
You're just a prayer away
Hear His call, take His hand, accept His Son

[began writing this on february 10, 2005, finished it today]

1 comment:

  1. Same theme. Different emphasis. Really chunky! And by that I mean, not in any way whimsical. Each word means so much. And with so many words, it makes it like a Psalm that could be read and reread for days.

    Favorite stanza:
    Yet this I know, the God I serve
    Has already defeated my enemy
    He holds my world in the palm of His hand
    And with the other He carries me

    Favorite line:
    Aimlessly swimming through filth-ridden seas
    (So poetic!)

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