"And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after Me, cannot be My disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all the behold it begin to mock him, saying, this man began to build, and was not able to finish" (Luke 14:27-30).
Every well-intentioned life
May start with confidence and joy,
But indecisiveness and strife
Its testimony will destroy.
Every nation that has planned
To lay God's truth at its foundation
Has prospered by God's gracious hand
To be a beacon of salvation.
Yet as a life may turn away,
A prideful nation, too, may turn
From God, as sheep who go astray,
And all His grace forget and spurn.
O Lord of mercy, God of love,
The Author of our liberty,
Now send Your Spirit from above
Lest we become a mockery!
Revive us, Lord, now once again
To be Your city on a hill
And be a light among all men,
A nation that will do Your will!
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