One Incessant Fight by Henry
Law The life of faith is one incessant fight. Beneath the
cross a sword is drawn, of which the scabbard is cast far away.
Until the victor's crown is won, unflinching combat must go on. Our foes are many, mighty, wily,
restless, malicious and diabolic. They meet us at each step. They
lurk in every corner. They infest our public life.
They enter our closed doors. They are outside us, around us,
within us. Count, if you can, the hateful
legions who compose hell's hosts. they all rush at the soul. Survey
the world, its snares, its foul seductions, its enticing arts,
its siren calls, its deceitful smiles, its envenomed sneers,
its terrifying threats. Each in its turn assails us,
and each, when foiled, renews the assault. Behold the heart,
and all its brood of lusts and raging passions, How often it
betrays us! Yes, the heart is deceitful above
all things and desperately wicked. Believer, go forth in faith and
hope. You have a captain by whose side
no battle can be lost, beneath whose banner no warrior was ever
slain. Face all your foes. Grasp manfully
your sword. Use skillfully your shield. Lift
up your head, safe in salvation's helmet. The fight will soon be
over. The victor's song will soon be
on your lips. To Him who is able to keep you
from stumbling, and to present you before His glorious presence
without fault and with great joy, to the only God our Saviour
be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ
our Lord, before all ages, now and for evermore. Amen. Jude
chapter 24 verse 25