Monday, September 29, 2014

Vision for Valor


“And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master!  How shall we do?  And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.  And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray Thee, open his eyes, that he may see.  And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha” (2 Kings 6:15-17).  “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18).  “The kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared” (Titus 3:4).

There is a need for clearer vision
To see the battle that we face
And falter not with indecision
As we are led forth by God’s grace. 

Elisha’s  servant saw the forces
Of those who gathered to surround  
With soldiers, chariots, and their horses
Arrayed against them all around.

“Alas!” he said, “How shall we do?”
He neither saw, nor was aware
How weak those forces were and few
Compared to heaven’s armies there.  

Elisha prayed with the desire
To open then his servant’s eyes. 
Behold!  The mountains were on fire
With armies to his glad surprise!

Lord, open now our eyes today
With vision in these final hours
To see Your armies in array
Against the devil and his powers. 

We thank You, Lord, for what You did
When You stood up to fight for us!    
O may Your valor not be hid
Upon Your cross victorious! 

Lord, open eyes of those so blind
To the destruction in their path,
Who still reject Your love so kind,
Yet marching on to endless wrath. 

Lord, give us vision like You gave
Elisha’s servant, which revealed
Your greater power that will save
The souls now on this battlefield. 

Lord, grant us valor like Your own
To go wherever You command
To make Your great salvation known,
As by Your grace we boldly stand.  


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