Constant Victory

I came across the followingpoem (prayer) and devotional in Amy Carmichael's book Edges of His Ways:

 

Before the winds that blow docease,

Teach me to dwell within thycalm;

Before the pain has passed inpeace,

Give me, my God, to sing apsalm.

Let me not lose the chance toprove

The fulness of enabling love.

O Love of God, do this forme;

Maintain a constant victory.

 

Before I leave the desertland

For meadows of immortal flowers,

Lead me where streams at thycommand

Flow by the borders of thehours,

That when the thirsty come Imay

Show them the fountains inthe way.

O love of God, do this forme;

Maintain a constant victory.

 

"This prayer was writtenfor the ill, and for the tired. It is so easy to fail when not feeling fit. AsI thought of them, I also remembered those who, thank God, are not ill and yetcan be hard-pressed. Sometimes in the midst of the rush of things, it seemsimpossible to be victorious, always to be peaceful, always to be inwardlysweet. Is that not so! Yet that and nothing less is our high calling. So theprayer is really for us all." – Amy Carmichael

"But thanks be to God,who leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreadseverywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him" (2 Corinthians 2:14).

Because we are Jesus Christ’s,we have victory in Him, regardless of circumstance. Let us choose to live in Christ's victory today. God bless you.

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