And for answers you are gleaning,
You must forsake the usual haunts
And look to the cross for meaning.
Losing our lives to save them (Matt. 16:24,25)
Is not known by the masses.
We're forced to learn by default;
It's usually not taught in classes.
Discipleship has long been neglected (Luke 14:27)
Such that the Church has suffered loss;
It can only regain its power
By the preaching of the cross. (1 Cor. 1:18)
Defeated and desperate believers (Rom. 7:24)
Cannot settle for justification; (John 3:3, Rom.5:10a)
Spiritual growth is an absolute must,
Which is the object of sanctification. (Rom. 5:10b)
I will settle you after your old estates,
And will do better unto you than at your beginnings;
And ye shall know that I am the Lord. (Ezek. 36:11)
As your battles, within and without, I am winning.
- C. R. Solomon 9-24-11
