Daily Devotional

Lines

The devil draws his battle lines upon the shifting sand
Upon the thoughts and feelings of the unconverted man
While God Who holds creation with precision of a clock
Has drawn His Line of Freedom on the never moving Rock

The Rock of our salvation Who is Jesus Christ the Lord
Who with His Holy Spirit hold all things in one accord
The Father by authority Who sits upon the throne
And Jesus through the Holy Ghost Who lives through those His own

Who understand the premise He's established in His Word
That by His Law of freedom His desire's not inferred
But is most clearly stated for humanity to see
The Standard of His righteousness that reigns eternally

In all who are in oneness through the universe beyond
The limits of this tiny world that we all live upon
Who see us as a theater where evil verses Good
Where God through Christ became a man to live the Way we should

With love in perfect faithfulness to our eternal God
The Way that Jesus did when He was living on this sod
Purveying to humanity exemplary detail
Of how to live in victory like Him and never fail

By intimate communion everyday within His Word
Attentive to the voice of God that therein can be heard
As we by grace lay all aside that draws us to the world
So after our communion we can keep His flag unfurled

His flag that is His banner over us that all might see
The beauty of salvation as He lives in you and me
Through words and loving service that seek not to be alone
But to be ever present in the service of the throne

That seeks the needs of others as the Father gives us pause
To reach the world with truth in love that is His perfect cause
That as the world sees Him in us who are His hands and feet
They too will find the victory that does not know defeat

But knows only the atmosphere of Royalty's demand
That's written in the Law of God where on we take our stand
Reflecting Christ in righteousness that cannot be denied
The people who embrace the Law for which our Saviour died

Deuteronomy 33:26-29; Matthew 19:16-21; 25:31-46