SUCCESS BID

 

This bid to succeed

Is what I had always foreseen

But in all that I had seen

A setback of sin had always been

 

When I embarked^* on a course

With all reasonable force

There seemed a pause

And yet sin the cause

 

When I decided to be on my own

And meditate on the unknown

Seeds of evil begin to get sown

All of which, from sin had grown

 

I begin to doubt a way out

For even when my ends were tout

And it seemed I had descended from the mount

Arising, was yet sin; challenging me to a bout

 

As had been, I’d always lost

In that I couldn’t match the cost

But of reasons the most

Sin’s dad was my host!

 

So shocking to discover

But glad it’s been uncovered

Now I wish to recover

All that’s been under cover

 

This is my bid to succeed

With Christ to meet my need

And if from His word I take my feed

Then certainly, I will succeed

 

Rom 8:12-13 “My dear friends, we must not live to satisfy our desires. If you do, you will die. But you will live, if by the help of God’s Spirit you say “No” to your desires.” (CEV)