Effort To Live For God

As one would run for exercise, there is a race in order to be wise,

Not wisdom unto worldly ways, but, Godly Wisdom to His praise.

Effort on our part, we must expend, for Godliness to be our end,

As we set forth into this race, through The Spirit, by God’s Grace.



When we do run this race for Him, we run for God, in order to win,

Running the race with all our heart; longing to win right at the start.

And in The Lord we must submit, if we’re to become spiritually fit,

This as we resist the devil and flee, to pursue The God of Eternity.



We must also put off the old man, to live new life, per God’s Plan,

Replacing our old habits of sin, with Godly behavior found in Him,

As we wrestle in the Ways of God, we’ll be lead by Staff and Rod,

While learning to live a Godly life, to be a witness for Jesus Christ.



As we fix our minds and eyes, upon Christ and the Heavenly prize,

Bring to Him every captive thought, Godly thinking will be wrought.

Running this race, you rest in God, while still upon this earthly sod,

Practicing all the things we heard, as we read and live God’s Word.



We depend on our Savior above, while God guides us in His Love,

Devoted to our Lord every day, as we walk along life’s narrow way,

And humble obedience is our call, to live for Christ, who is over all,

Worshiping daily, we truly praise, Christ, who helps us all our days.



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