Fortified Family

“Deliver me from the hand of strange children…that our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones… happy is that people, whose God is the LORD” (Psalm 144:11-15).  “Every word of God is pure: He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him… There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness” (Proverbs 30:5,12).  “Behold, such is our expectation whither we flee for help to be delivered… and how shall we escape?” (Isaiah 20:6).  “Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.  And, ye fathers… bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord… and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God” (Ephesians 6:1-17).

Consider well this battle field:

We see the family now attacked!

Take up the Spirit’s sword and shield,

For God’s defense has never lacked. 

The Spirit’s sword, the Word of God,

Is surely needed in our day.

This world’s counsel is so flawed

Whereby so many go astray.

We see this in the generation

That still declares that they are pure,

That sees no need for God’s salvation,

And spurns the Gospel and its cure. 

There’s only one place we may flee

To be delivered from this danger,

To fortify our family

Against the falsehood growing stranger.

The Word of God has never failed

By which we may be fortified.

Its perfect doctrine has prevailed

Against the filthiness of pride. 

The precepts in God’s Word are right

For nurturing and admonition.

The entrance of His Word gives light

To save a soul from its perdition.

Salvation’s helmet has sufficed,

And with it, too, the Spirit’s sword,  

To lead our family to Christ

And live our lives to please the Lord.

Lord, thank You for the happiness

That You bestow in every place

On those who trust in You to bless

And fortify them with Your grace.