“Why worry
When you can pray?”
“It’s easier said than done”
Is what we also say.
Warrior or worrier
Which of the two are you?
In whom do you really trust?
Answer me true.
Believers, if you ask me,
Are prone to worrying,
Yet they do pray incessantly
With much warring.
Warriors
They appear to be
But worriers
Is what we see.
Seems a very thin line
Between the two,
Prayer warriors are worriers;
Is this what they do?
Hamstrung by terms
And engrossed with titles,
Trust and faith seem lacking
But are so vital.
Ineffective worriers
Masquerading as warriors
Touting faith and resilience
From concrete towers.
Warring with the enemy
For victory already won,
Looking like beaten down foes
Terrorized and undone.
This is the image I get
Like watching a performance
Where the bark is extremely loud
But is down on resistance.
Where is the faith?
Where is the trust?
Why are the warriors, worriers?
Why this anxious fuss?
Goliath the warrior
Was felled by a stone
Where prior to this great victory
Israel did groan.
As cowardly worriers
They faced the Philistines
Until David with his sling shot
Arrived just in time.
Baal’s warriors warred
Against God on Mt Carmel,
But were reduced to losing worriers
When all of them fell.
Battles are not won
By how well Christians pray
But in unrelenting trust in Christ
Who is the way.
From hearts inclined to God
Is where the battle is won;
Not in anyone’s skillful rhetoric
With words cleverly spun.
It’s not how we beg
Or how we moan and groan
But out of our humble hearts
Reserved for God’s throne.
Warriors are faithful
To the written Word of God,
Not trusting in worldly armour
Like Israel’s King Saul.
Prayer warriors worry
Like the worriers of Baal
Where worry indicates unbelief
And worry spells fail.
Stewart Russell © July 6, 2024
