Set Free
by Michael Doyle

Life has me trying to find myself
It's not like a book on the shelf
But it's me who I learn how to read
As life comes at me as it makes me bleed

To live in faith brings grace
It's known in the confidence trace
That we can face all that takes place
As we confront the world face-to-face

Children of the most high king
We've brought all that we can bring
As we live our lives every day
Living it in God's holy way

Works of faithfulness in relation
Walking God's affection across our nation
We learn every moment to believe
We are worthy of God's love to receive

Empowered by His loving liberation
We walk His way in every situation
Obedience to this life or loss to sin's death
We live as Christians with every breath

Putting aside the control of impurity
We unshackle from the chains of sin's slavery
For all this, we have gained eternity
This is what our liberating God means to you and me

Redemptive grace works its wonders to see
All the best that can come from me
Working for humanity's best in every test
We then allow God to do the rest

Having been shown that we cannot serve two
We must choose which will master me and you
This is the path and pattern of our responsibility
Living God's ways to our best capability

Shame or confidence forms our life's identity
It's a decision resting on our dependency
Fully embraced, we reach out to the other side
The fullness of our grasp cannot hide

Resurrected, we live to make our way ever forward
Carried to life by Christ, ever toward
Life from death, not by our own effort
But by the Savior to whom we must comport

Our tendencies trend toward occasional sin
This is where we need Jesus as our friend
Faithfully, our salvation is outside of our control
Only Jesus can give himself on behalf of our souls

Transforming our allegiance to Christ's ways
Switching from the worldly to Jesus's love in our days
Works of righteousness are a response to God's love
Radically different, we conform to Heaven above

We find ourselves fully living in it
Knowing that God's ways are brilliant
We abide under His unmatchable majesty
Becoming transformed within God's legacy

(c) March 23, 2025   Michael Doyle
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