Standing Firm
When You've Lost Your Way
By Ken L Birks
In
significance, “The righteous are bold as
a lion,” You say!
Why do I,
rather, find myself in a place of
weakness and prey?
I cry out in
desperation, feeling trapped in
hopelessness, I stray.
Where is the
life and victory promised,
looking at tomorrow?
My feet slip
into a bottomless pit, while
drowning in sorrow.
How do I
stand firmly in righteousness as I
misstep and trip?
With eyes
fastened to the hopelessness that
surrounds me, I slip.
With the love
and freedom, that’s promised, I’ve lost
the grip.
In disparity,
all I see is pain, turmoil, hate, and
wrath.
Did I take a
wrong turn somewhere and miss the path?
I must go
back and retrace my steps and find the
path, missed.
In Your Word,
I must look again to see what was
dismissed.
What was it,
not taken heed to that was ignored and
resisted?
What was it,
not applied that allowed me to
slip into despair?
Surely I will
find it, when I look with diligence and
seek it in prayer.
There it is;
worthless things, selfish gain, envy and
covetousness.
Turning my
heart towards His Word in all things, my
soul refreshes.
As I turn my
heart away from worthless things, I
stand firmly to attain.
I must not
envy the wicked in their prosperity,
seeking selfish gain.
Turning my
heart from things below to above, the
seed is firmly sown.
Dwelling in
faithfulness and delighting in Him, my
feet are firmly planted.
Committing
and trusting my ways to Him, brings to
pass desires, granted.
Taking
heed, my righteousness shines to others
as a beacon of light.
An abundance
of peace fills my heart as I stand in
Him, firmly planted aright.
Where did I
go wrong? It’s so clearly stated!
Blinded by self-will, I lost sight.
Scripture references:
Proverbs 28:1, 1 Peter 5:8, John 10:10,
2 Corinthians 2:14, Romans 8:37;
2nd Stanza:
Jeremiah 46:15, 2 Thessalonians 2:15, 1
Corinthians 16:13, Galatians 5:1, Psalm
73:1-4, Isaiah 61:1, Luke 4:18, 2
Corinthians 3:17, Galatians 5:1, James
1:25, 2 Peter2:19; 3rd
Stanza: Psalm
119:25-28, Hebrews 2:1, Psalm 9:10,
14:2, 27:4, 34:10; 4th
Stanza: Psalm 119:37,
1 John 2:15-17, Colossians 3:1-2,
Matthew 13:22; 5th
Stanza: Psalm 37:3-6,
John 14:27, Job 20:22, Romans 2:8.
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