Wall
January 7, 2013
I’ve come to this place where the siege
is to be set;
Comrades swarm about, all of which I
have long met.
A master among generals makes ready a
tedious plan,
Carefully crafting, playing with his
soldiers in the sand.
Tailor making the schemes to dismantle
this noble foe
Fashioning flaming arrows, determining
where they go.
No arrow tip is not designed to pierce
through their arms
No efforts are spared to affect their
maximum harms
The object is clear declares the demon
who leads us;
He paces as a hungry lion, “Devour the
man I must!”
We will manipulate, accuse, deceive to
gain the edge,
Set traps, seduce, use his weakness to
drive to ledge!
Ah, but what dogs my general the most he
will say:
“That damned wall must come down—now
find a way!”
But, plead we, “It’s guarded by the
blood and prayer
Till now, we are ineffective to destroy
this fortress lair.
This city rests on the Power so we
cannot do a thing!
The city deifies you to the extent it
submits to the King.”
Ah! if only this place had not a stone
and cement wall
We could gain eternal advantage with no
trouble at all!
His King is his strength and strong
towner and might
In Him they find refuge while fixing on
Him their sight.
We exploit; they say No! to lusts of
their own desires
Unmovable on the King, this wall for a
calling higher.
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The master general Satan is devising wicked schemes to destroy God's people. Only by submitting to the King and fixing our eyes on Him do we gain strength to say "No" to the desired of our own flesh which will be manipulated to take us down. (1 Peter 5:6-11; Ephesians 6:10-20, Hebrews 12:1-2, Titus 2:11-14).
Another word for self-control is "temperance".
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