Banner of Love
I know I've said it oft before when speaking of the Lord
How it is just impossible yet cannot be ignored
That He Who is Almighty Who made everything that is
Would by His grace extend our lives for such a time as this
For I just can't imagine in my feeble human brain
How He Who is perfection Who has not the slightest stain
Could have such perfect patience with this evil sin filled world
That He would offer pardon through His banner still unfurled
His banner that flies over us that follows us each day
That draws us into fellowship when we take time to pray
That shields us from the enemy in ways we cannot know
When lived within the hearts of those who live His love to show
That banner that has always been the ensign of God's throne
That before He created earth was by His angels known
And then when in the planning of this world from eons past
Was always that one principle that would forever last
Though cast aside in Eden when our parents fell in sin
And destined us to follow them to that eternal end
If not for that great banner that caused Christ to lay aside
His robes of His divinity when as the Lamb He died
Upon that cross on Calvary as testimony to
How far God's love would follow us to do what He would do
To capture our attention and leave all our past behind
If we would give our all to Him in body soul and mind
And let Him use that banner to conceal what we have done
By clothing us in righteousness that's found in Christ the Son
That must be lived in those who will to live with Him on high
Where those who truly love the Lord will live and never die
Not for their works of righteousness but for the grace He gives
That's seen in every heart of each who by faith loves and lives
To hold aloft that banner that the world is want to see
That banner of God's mighty love He holds o'er you and me
That we in turn must hold above each precious soul we meet
To draw them by the love of God to kneel at Jesus' feet
And there receive the mystery we cannot comprehend
Of God's undying perfect love for us that has no end
Romans 5:1-8; 8:34; 1 Thessalonians 5:9-11; Song of Solomon 2:4
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