WILL SATAN STEAL YOUR CROWN?
Your submission to God
And your faithfulness there
Brings a crown of life
In that city so fair.
Your submission to God
In every hard trial
Condemns the Serpent
And reveals his wile;
Unveils his pride,
And his unjust claim
That God’s at fault,
That God’s to blame.
For Satan rebelled,
Withdrew his submission,
And now blames God
For his wretched condition.
Satan rebelled
While God’s heaven he shared
Entrusted and blessed,
But treason he dared.
He can only then hide
And cover his deed
By convincing others
To follow his lead.
Your submission to God
Shows Satan a liar;
Shows him worthy
Of eternal fire.
Thus Satan’s wrath
Has one goal and aim
To break my submission
To God’s holy name.
Thus getting me
His claim to endorse
That submission to God
Is an unworthy course.
That God’s not right
His choices not best,
And I have good reason
His Word to test.
That I shouldn’t suffer
Just to obey,
That I shouldn’t wait,
But have it my way.
If Satan persuades me
His fruit I should eat,
My eternal bliss
He can fully defeat.
O Listen, my brother,
Take heed to your course,
Your submission to God
Hold fast with great force.
Submit to His will,
Though offered the world,
Though mocked and forsaken,
Or to lions hurled.
Your submission to God,
More precious than life,
Is worthy the pain,
‘tis well worth the strife.
What is it my friend
That could come your way,
That could steal your submission,
Turn your heart away?
What would it now be
That Satan could try;
For beware, my brother,
He will, by and by.
Will he steal your crown:
Your submission and love?
Will you be robbed
Of your home above?
Or will your faith
Hold you in submission,
Regardless the trial,
The pain, or condition?
Submission to God
Has a high price to pay;
But yields a high wage
At the close of the day!
Mark Bullen