I Still Believe!

Night approaches, seeking a lockdown of fear, a prison none can leave.

Yet He will be my light in the darkness. I will find Him there with me, I believe.

His children soon learn, that it's the light of His presence, by which the darkness is relieved.

He teaches us to yearn for Him, as He longs for us, I believe.

When the fear, and the pain, and the grief closes in, my stubborn heart cannot conceive,

how this will have multiplied my joy when I see, the King in whom I believe.

The advesary works to provoke my offense and thereby to deceive,

that God has revoked my pardon, it was not as all effective, as I believe.

My flesh pays the price of this battle, the final victory I do not yet perceive,

Yet He assures me the war is already won, and HE is the one I believe!

It is not by my own effort, that His precious grace I have achieved!

This is the God of mercy, who gives freely for the asking, I believe!

Those who do not avail themselves, will be shut away forever,to grieve,

from the Face of compassion, who had admonished them but to believe!

Rock solid peace in the midst of trouble, by faith you will receive,

When you witness His mighty deliverance, daring despite circumstance, to believe!

My complete and absolute trust in Him, you see, has nothing of the naive.

I've learned overwhelming joy is my inheritance, from Him in whom I still believe!