Remember the Remedy

“The path of the just is as the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day... Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life” (Proverbs 4:18,23).  “Then I said, I will not make mention of Him, nor speak any more in His name. But His Word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay” (Jeremiah 20:9).  “I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.  Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works” (Revelation 2:4,5). 

Our heart should be kept for the Lord Jesus Christ

And not be distracted with temporal things,
For why should our heart be so vainly enticed
And turned from the joy that our love for Him brings? 

At times we may think that our trouble would cease

If we would not speak any more in His name.
How foolish this is to abandon our peace,
Withholding the Gospel we ought to proclaim! 

We know Jeremiah had once felt this way,

For thus he described his discouraged desire,
Yet he became weary and no more could stay
The words that were burning within him as fire.

Remember the remedy Christ has for sin:

Returning to Him with the first love we knew,
Repenting of hardness of heart that crept in,
Reviving the works that we ought to pursue.

O Lord, we give thanks for this wonderful cure

That heals the heart that has strayed from Your love: 
We’re called back to You from this world’s vain lure
To set our affections on things up above! 

Lord, stir us to live with a holier passion

As we walk this path growing brighter each day,
Increasing our love for You, Lord, in this fashion,
And putting Your remedy thus on display.