Apr | 23 | Tensiled Saints

STRENGTH

Tensiled Saints

PREAMBLE :-

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore,

Eph 6:12-14

Explanation | There are times when rather than battening down the hatches, we need to trim our sails and push on through. There are times when we want to run, but rather than running, there is a need to turn and face the foe. If the sail is trimmed and set a right, a speedy passage can be made right through the centre of the charging storm. Remember, God’s holiness project in you and on you, His sanctification, has probably made you more tensile than you know, giving you a yet to be experienced strength, and so, allowing you to stretch way beyond your own perceived boundaries and still withstand vast amounts of bending with no breaking whatsoever! When He says stand. STAND!

PERFORMANCE TIPS: 

Be Branagh on speed. Experiment with the last two lines. The last ‘Away’ is it a command to go stand and fight, or restatement of the previous 'away' dealing to distance and time. It’s up to you. I know which one Branagh would choose!

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Fear not the wind that cuts your teeth

To sharper smirks

That set in tension leaves you like wild

Granite sinking down

Do not turn from it nor pull up hood

And wrench the drawstrings tight

For this night you must turn

Trim your sails and turn

Turn and face the wind

Fear not the roaring floods

That mount the chargers

Of neighing battalions streamed in array

Before your face

Neigh I say

Neigh against them, and fear not

Make haste, and set the scene yourself

Be not dictated to, not even in battle

And settle your feet steady now upon this rolling deck

For I have made you sharp

And stronger still

To break in two the crashing waves

To split asunder the roaring floods

That fling themselves upon you now

So, No! Don't bow

Don't bend before them

No, not now

They will but

Wash off

Wash away

And flow away

To leave you purer still

Dried in the warmer winds of

Tomorrow’s aftermath

Fit to face another day

Another dawn

Away and

Away.

© 2012 Victor Robert Farrell

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