John Baptist
He kept his struggles hidden from the ones who followed him
Though Satan dogged his every step to cause the fall of them
Who trusted in his mission to prepare a straightened way
Just like the prophet had foretold the coming one would say
This man called the forerunner who would go before the Lord
Who all his life prepared for these few months God would afford
Him time to call the people to repentance from their sin
To come down to the water to be washed anew again
But many had no knowledge of the struggle he went through
When standing in the dungeon for some thing he did not do
This man who lived in freedom now contained within a cell
Oppressed by dark depression of which no man's tongue could tell
For he had seen the Saviour he had held Him in his arms
When in that Jordan River he had sounded the alarm
That He Who stood before him was indeed the Lamb of God
Who came to take the sins away from those who choose to trod
The path He'd lay before them they would call the living Way
And there embrace the will of God communing everyday
With Him Whom John had known before when in the wild he lived
Where God prepared him for the work and message he must give
But now while in that battle with the devil for his soul
He longed to know that what he'd done was meant to make men whole
And in his desperation sent a message to the One
Whom he believed with all his heart to be the Father's Son
And when his friends recited all the things that they had seen
How Jesus healed delivered even made the lepers clean
His heart rejoiced in knowing that at last his work was done
And now whatever happened he could face because the Son
Had given him assurance there was nothing more to do
The work that God had called him to he faithfully went through
Without the slightest compromise as by God's grace he stood
Before the worldly monarch just the way he knew he should
And though on the tomorrow he should take his life away
He now had the assurance come the resurrection day
He'll stand beside the One again he'd been privileged to see
But this time not for just a day for all eternity
Luke 7:19-29
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