Food

When Jesus Christ, our hearts we give
When raised up from the dead -Lk.8:54
When faith has brought the Truth to live
Our need, is first the Bread –Lk.8:55

The Bread of life, God’s Living Word –Dt.8:3
Through grace, The Lord imparts
Quickening those, who’ve truly heard –Jn.14:6
And taken to their hearts –Jas.1:22

A fool would think the battle’s won –Pr.6:9
God’s met our every need –Pr.6:10
It’s true; we’ve now The Father’s Son
Yet still we need to feed –Jn.6:54

Like every child, it’s milk at first –1Pe.2:2
Supplied by Jesus’ queen –Heb.5:12
The bride must quench her baby’s thirst –Jn.21:15
With honey in between –Isa.7:15

Once weaned, we’re called to God’s elite –Heb.5:13-14
Still young, and not quite tough
A soldier needs the choicest meat –Jn.21:17
When milk is not enough –Heb.6:1

Through fire and water, troops must go –Isa.43:2
God knows alone, how long
So side by side, to beat the foe –Ps.91:7
They need of meat more strong

Such food, Christ’s church must have in store –Pr.31:15
The choicest in the land –Pr.21:20
How else can soldiers go to war? –Ps.144:1
How else are they to stand? –Ps.144:12

The time to wait, will soon have passed
Then all who truth, have found
Will raise the flag that flies half-mast
To rally all around –Isa.11:10…