Gold

I wish there weren't trials and tribulations, I wish being a believer wasn’t so hard to do.

I wish there weren't battles, but all my battles have been predestined by you.

I wish I wasn’t in this desert, so thirsty I can barely make it through.

But there’s a reason for everything, a reason only known by you.

I wish I didn’t have to learn these lessons; I wish they weren't new.

But I know you are teaching me things that will only glorify you.

I wish the things of this world would go away, so I could replace them with what is true.

When I pray like this, I am starting to get a better glimpse of you.

When my flesh tries to decide between what is right and what I want to do.

Crucify it Jesus, because all I really need is you.

You brought me into this world, and I had a will that was all about me.

I filled my pockets with things that had no meaning, because I was blind and I couldn't see.

Until one day a believer came and poured your word full into me.

Then it came to life, and it began to grow and it became a tree.

Now my sight is getting better, and I can almost see.

Now I’m starting to understand this crazy love you have for me.

I’m getting used to being in the desert, because it keeps me safe from the things I think I need.

I know that it is good, because it's isolated from sin and lust and greed.

I’m here because it's your will, and your plans are great for me.

You made the ocean and the mountains, and you decide my destiny.

I used to hate the desert, because I never knew discipline.

But now I’m thankful for it, because it has stripped me of my sin.

You have taught me so much in the desert, learning from you will never get old.

When I am finished with my training, your love will be the story that is told.

Thank you for getting me out of my own way, I was so selfish, careless, and bold.

I know that I won't be the same, by the time your scroll has been unrolled.

When I can truly claim this victory, I will tell the greatest story ever told.

It will be about your relentless love, that refined me like silver, and tested me like Gold!