The Spirit of God

The Spirit of God

Though always I know
the grace of the Holy Messiah,
yet daily does my heart daily
incline to the temptations of sin

But though I must suffer
the wilderness of temptations,
let this be as a chance
to follow in the ways of the Son.

To not retreat from temptation,
but to go forth to the wilderness
buy the leading of the Spirit,
that I may resist the hunger of the flesh,
the greed of the heart,
the tempting of the Lord.

That I may endure by the strength
Of the Spirit indwelling
To emerge in the power
Of the Spirit outgrowing

Luke 4:1-14