I Run

The following is a poem I wrote inspired from the sermon "Run" by Carter Conlon.

I run because if I sit idle I sit in Satan's grasp and in his control and become a puppet for him.

I run from false "teachers" and "preachers" who are more focused on stories than the Word.

I run from moments that are questionable and may seem as though I don't love Jesus.

I run at the thought of a selfish moment that only pleases and gratifies me.

I run from the "obligations" that I have to anything other than Jesus.

I run from myself and what I want, for it is my life and I don't want it.

I run from the roles I seem to create other than a child of the Father.

I run from the Christian Box I relax in and never see the edges of.

I run from comfort and people full of sin who make me that way.

I run from the impersonators who are a wolf in sheep's clothing.

I run from the silver tongued devil that is called compromise.

I run because He is…

He is my soul.

He is my definition.

He is my heartbeat.

He is the rhythm which I march to.

He is the reason I wake, eat, sleep, preach.

He is the newness with which I’m filled daily.

He is a new revelation that is revealed to me through Truth.

He is a look of love that is only received from others who love Him.

He is my passion, my tears, my purpose, my obsession, my excitement and my joy.

He is the reason for reasons.

You may ask why I run…

I run for my life, because I am nothing without Him.

And where do I run to? I run into the arms of the One and Only who IS my

Salvation.