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Friday, January 4, 2013

Battle Cry

It's your battle cry
A declaration of war against your Enemy
Who you think has given you no choice
But to pick up your sword
And defend everything
In this war you think you are on the defense
After all He's the one who you think declared war on you first
Without letting you explain yourself
Or perhaps it's because you think He's invading your life and telling you what you can and can't do
So your response is to get rid of Him with anything you can do

If you haven't figured it out yet,
Your Enemy is God
Not Allah, Mohammad, Krishna, or Buddha
But Yahweh, Maker and Namer of the stars
He has not declared war against you without reason
Nah, He's declaring war against you
Because of your treason
Your lies, thefts, adultery and hate
Has given Him no choice but to seal your fate
Into the fiery depths of hell is your sentence
Because there's no other way you can pay your recompense

Do you not see it?
You've taken this God and thrown Him in the dirt
Trampled Him, slandered Him with your words
Don't you see it was you who declared war first?
As a matter of fact, He's been your Enemy since birth
Your every cry since that day has been "Me! Me! Me!"
But you've never stopped to sing praise to the King of kings
You'd rather say to Him "Hey! Come bow Your knee to me!"

Too many times you've blamed Him for whatever you deem as unfair
And yet turn your back on those who are in despair
Thinking you're too good to be bothered with their affairs
Hypocrite! Don't you see?
You can't even keep your own moral code you boldly preach!
I pray your conscience comes to life and breathes!

Your Enemy is a God of justice
Dealing out judgment to whom it belongs
Never looking over anything
He turns over every stone
But God, your Enemy, doesn't wish to seal your fate to fire
Instead He offers a treaty of peace to anyone who would inquire into His terms and humbly wave their white flag of surrender to His words

Two thousand years ago He took on flesh like His enemy
He walked amongst them, worked miracles, and even taught good things
He was loved and adored by many
But to some He was a burden and they turned the love of that many into a desire to hurt Him
They gave Him up on false charges
And requested that He be put to death immediately

It was there that God, Jesus, your Enemy, was sentenced to be your sin
To pay for your treason in His own flesh as if you were His friend
He took on your hate while His back was torn open
And every punch to the face was every lie that you've spoken
His arms were spread wide for every embrace that should have been for your spouse
And He was lifted high for every sin you thought you could keep inside and hide so you could pretend to have a clean house

This God, your Enemy, offers peace to be His friend
To have every treasonous act be wiped clean
Never to be seen again
So wave your stained white flag of surrender
Turn from your sinfulness
And put all your trust in Him
And the complete sacrifice for your sins

This is when your all-out war against God comes to a halt
And ironically turns you to a new enemy
Who you once claimed all alliance to:
Yourself
So your battle cry is no longer "Death to Him!"
It is now "Death to me!"
Against every impulse and desire that would turn your desire from the King of kings

But until your surrender comes
He is waiting at the door
Ready to take from you all that you owe
Be mindful, my friend
Your Enemy is swift
So think on these things
Because you do not know how much time you have left