To Be A Godly Man!

While contemplating Palm 145:4,18 which tells us, "One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts. The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth.", and the Priority of Prayer, as spoken of in the apostle Paul's charge to Timothy in 1st Timothy 2:1-6, the following came to mind:

I charge you now of first importance
To be a godly man.
That men should pray in every place
Uplifting holy hands.

For supplications must be made,
As with Aaron and with Hur,
Stayed the hands of Moses
When in battle fatigue occurred.

For not the arms of flesh will bring
To us the victory,
But by the means that God commands
Secures His sure decree.

Oh do not faint when you see not
With fleshly mortal eyes,
For faith will see through Christ alone,
In Him our vict'ry lies.

For it is he who wields the sword
Of His unchanging Word,
And fights unto the death by faith
With His full armor gird.

With marching orders that we have
No matter what our rank,
Approach the throne of mercy
In the lead or on the flank.

For God delights in mercy
And by Him we shall be heard,
And gives to us what He deems best,
According to His Word.

For this is good and pleasing
In the sight of God our Savior;
The blood of Christ now testifies,
The change of our behavior.

Oh what can we now offer Him,
But be His faithful witness.
Christ Jesus is our Testimony
And He for heaven fits us.

Until that day more glorious
On Him we'll keep our eyes,
For then His fullness we shall see,
Our Everlasting Prize!

Michael E. Wood
June 29, 2010