I Flee

I flee...
From the temporary offers of this earth
From the momentary pleasures where I seek my worth,
and clinging to the promise of new birth,
I flee.

I flee...
From the lie that's in the magazines
A golden carved idol and shiny things,
and looking to the God-born Nazarene,
I flee.

I flee...
From building my life all around me
Worshipping myself, or who I want to be;
as His thorn crushed flesh helps me clearly to see,
I flee.

I flee...
From feeding the hunger of laziness
Eating the bread of idleness;
Bound to His yoke, finding rest,
I flee.

I flee...
From filling my life with busyness
Worship the feeling of importance;
Instead, standing in His righteousness,
I flee.

I flee...
From being a beggar of man's approval
Always asking what they think of me;
Holding to the cross for sin removal,
I flee.

I flee...
From putting down another's name
From slander and gossip I refrain,
Repenting as I see His fame,
I flee.

I flee...
From wanting things that are not mine
Coveting, full of greed and pride;
In His Spirit, as I'm refined,
I flee.

I flee...
From dancing and performing for other's eyes
From living in flesh under a disguise;
A crown in heaven is greater, I realize,
and I flee.

I flee...
Gouging out the eye that makes me sin
Cutting off the hand that made me fall again;
Only by His grace is the Salvation of men,
so I flee.

I flee...
Not because I can alone
But because He sits upon the throne;
Since for my unrighteousness He has atoned,
I can flee.