My poem of the week this week is a great call to perseverance, holding to faithfulness despite the immediate outcome. This, especially the last two stanzas, is a good word.<\/p>\n
OH IT IS HARD TO WORK FOR GOD<\/strong><\/p>\n
Oh, it is hard to work for God,
\nTo rise and take His part
\nUpon this battlefield of earth,
\nAnd not sometimes lose heart!<\/strong><\/p>\nHe hides Himself so wondrously,
\nAs though there were no God;
\nHe is least seen when all the pow\u2019rs
\nOf ill are most abroad.<\/strong><\/p>\nAh, God is other than we think,
\nHis ways are far above,
\nFar beyond reason\u2019s height, and reached
\nOnly by childlike love.<\/strong><\/p>\nWorkman of God! O lose not heart,
\nBut learn what God is like,
\nAnd in the darkest battlefield
\nThou shalt know where to strike.<\/strong><\/p>\nThen learn to scorn the praise of men,
\nAnd learn to lose with God;
\nFor Jesus won the world through shame,
\nAnd beckons thee His road.<\/strong><\/p>\nFor right is right, as God is God,
\nAnd right the day must win;
\nTo doubt would be disloyalty,
\nTo falter were to sin.<\/strong><\/p>\n