Under the Banner of God
by Michael Doyle

Solid in the righteousness of divinity
The Bible spells out God's theology
It is rooted in its stubborn conviction
Of which there is no better indication

Than the truth that is vividly told
As God's glorious story openly unfolds
There is only one way to get right
That is to walk by the shine of God's light

Not our wills but God's will be done
Served as we worship His only begotten Son
The gospel serves up to us our peace and grace
This is the simply put truth that we embrace

Buckets of other beliefs cannot hold
The saintly lives our God has foretold
We are best off following the grand design
It is best lived following the divine

Random and wobbly the other paths are rough
We find that indifference is simply not enough
Stoics and other philosophers grasp at morality
Only to find that without grace, it leads to fatality

To follow God's code is not a matter of pride
But instead to follow God's law inside
Justice, logic, and adherence to age old truth
Are the principles we  follow from our youth

Where we start from determines are walk as right
To be the the guiding force behind God's light
We must put into play the holy perspective
Through this show we have rightly applied God's correctives

Otherwise, we are varnished but without real substance
We must follow the true path of God's permanence
Or we will find that we come up fairly shallow
We want to be the light but turn out merely shadow

Circumcision and baptism are outward reflections
Of what is lived as inward transformation
Paul came stepping on everyone's toes
But he was only saying what everybody knows

The critical journy is without any mistake
Beginning with the recognition of the path we take
We come looking for hope and spiritual healing
Knowing God's redemptive peace is more than a feeling

We undertake the discipline of discipleship
As we follow through on the paths of worship
All to follow God  as we respond to His holy call
We find the truest love is found within His law

Inward and outward, our journey will hit a wall
Invoking the spiritual crisis that is God's call
To breakthrough and reach out as is right
Christ's love brings our darkness into heavenly light

In all the colors of God's divine expression
Praise belongs and is given with our impression
As we pray that God's kingdom duly comes
And our hearts allow our God's will to be done

(c) February 2, 2025   Michael Doyle
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