Position of Victory

Learning to count the joy in the trial
When every obstacle is an opportunity to be led through
As patience is produced in the testing of our faith in You
Have Your perfect work and complete what only You can do
I lack nothing, all wisdom abounding in the echo of what is true

It is not in the asking but the faith that accompanies our plea
As we come to You doubtless we make our requests from a position of victory
Prayers spoken taking form from two perspectives to a single mind
Learning to think in the flow of the Spirit for the ways our flesh is blind

Teach me to see what is unseen and relinquish the threat of all that comes against
As we work out salvation by way of penance and take hold of divine recompense
Bring us low that we might rise beneath the glory of Your exaltation
As the pride of the age is brought to nothing and we pick up the broken pieces of humiliation

Hide our pursuits in that which is eternal when all that’s temporal is bound to fade
Our purposes in alignment with the first works from which our hearts and minds have strayed
Lead and guide us in the testimony of the One who perfectly obeyed
As we move forward with eyes on the prize reworking timeless promises in the now from retrograde

Awaken us to the new thing as beyond temptations we endure
Refining our identity as we walk with the Spirit in fortitude of character
Following onward to the crown of life imperishable in the essence of fellowshipping with
This place intermingled of joys we count with every suffering to shake loose control and trust in this

You will not lead us astray
Nothing missing nothing wasted
When all things are reformed
As You bring out the majesty of secret gardens in the wake of every boasting storm

Good and perfect every gift given gives all the more
In the abundance of progressive truths and precepts that restore
Slow our will to speak but listen and let go of the will for wrath
Giving place to redemption in the midst of the trials aftermath

Tend to the soil of our hearts in meekness tenderized to receive
The implanted word of all grace has to offer those who are learning to believe
Let the word be what we do and not merely what we hear
As we learn to walk in the love of the Father in holy reverence and fear

Looking into liberty we peer into the gospel that trains us to walk
As our hearts align with Your words and our lives are more than talk

Give us Your heart again for the least of these
As we wager time against providence and become conduits of answers cultivated on our knees
Drafting timeless prayers of hope in accordance with divine decrees
As you reward us openly for only what the Father sees…