high ground

This is for all of us who are facing a challenge that demands our everything--every resource, every shred of prayer.

we have a struggle on our hands

a battle for body and soul

so now we must raise our game

to the intensity of the athlete

of the olympian

of Paul

not merely begging for mercy

but shouting instead of God's sufficiency

it is now time to grapple

for the victory of God's peace

for the high ground of relaxed trust in the Provider

for the foundation of faith to win the day

instead of crumbling fear

for the braced body to be loosed of its chains

the power of God is something we eat and drink

we swallow and absorb it into our bloodstream

no longer cowering in the night

no longer buried in spirit

we will not be mastered by anything

we do not run aimlessly

we do not box helplessly at thin air

God You made the vessels of our bodies

the world filled them

and we absorbed it deep down

we now allow You through the currency of TRUST

to excise all poisons

to renew and regenerate

body and soul

we invite our rebirth

we welcome our cleansing

the jettison of all confusion

sabotage and subterfuge

never will the boot heel of fear crush us underfoot

never will dismay have its way

never will despair foul the air

never will our resolve dissolve

our hearts will instead expand

our souls will stretch but will never break in two

bitterness will not gain a foothold in our spirit

joy will not be strangled by weeds of dark thoughts

love will not be starved by regret and resentment

we submit ourselves to the hard work of healing

the discipline of letting go

allowing Your undaunted power

to heal and to liberate

pushing apart the flimsy doubt of the moment

all to Jesus we surrender

to obedience with abandon

to exuberant submission

to believing in the realization

of the perfect restoration

of this body

this heart

this soul

this grateful soul