Strength Of A Nation
The strength of every nation lies within the hearts of them
Who cherish truth and freedom and the right to follow Him
Who formed them as a people through the lessons in His Word
Because they chose to listen when His lessons could be heard
But sadly not all people who have freedom choose to be
Supportive of those principles that make that nation free
And through their self-deception selfish greed and wanton vice
Choose slavery to evil at the cost of freedom's price
And not just for themselves but all others that they know
To force them and to mold them where the masses choose to go
That leads to self destruction at the evil hands of men
Who relish at their victory to lead them into sin
Through means of entertainment that blind those who once were wise
Distorting truth with evil that they set before their eyes
Until they lose their hearing and become as deaf as well
To lessons God would share with them to save their souls from hell
But if as God has told us we will turn ourselves to Him
Not following the masses and the ones deceiving them
And pray for His forgiveness for the errors of the past
Then we might have His blessings that from Him will ever last
Until the days of plenty when our Saviour will return
To take us home to glory where forever we will learn
The lessons of salvation that we started learning here
That Satan tried distorting into reasons we should fear
The One true God Who loves us from beginning without end
Who gave to us His scriptures to uphold and to defend
As Standards of His righteousness lived by His perfect Son
Established up in heaven long before we had begun
And that will reign forever in the hearts of all who live
Eternal in His Kingdom where the saints of earth will give
Their Maker and Redeemer perfect praise for all He's done
In giving us salvation through the Person of His Son
Who lived as our Example for the purpose here revealed
That those who by obedience will be forever sealed
Because they cherished freedom more than all the world can give
And by His grace through living faith chose by His strength to live
Exodus 20:3-17; 2 Chronicles 7:14
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