Last night was a sleepless night for me. There was two lines that came to me in my sleep. “I’m walking in the shadow of an already setting sun.” I knew if I did not get up, that these words would not be remembered in the morning. Typically when I write a poem, the Holy Spirit will give me a line that represents the meaning He wants me to convey in words. It’s not usually in the middle of the night. It was a struggle as I was so desperately tired, but eventually I got up at about 3am and went downstairs and wrote the lines. This morning it seemed clear to me what the Holy Spirit was saying. He was speaking to someone, perhaps many, who look at their lives or a particular situation and it seems hopeless. It seems no good thing can come out of this despite your desperate prayers. So, this poem/word is to someone who has specifically asked the Lord a question about what shall become of their desperate situation. The old adage “its always darkest before the dawn,” seems to fit here. There is a dawn coming, the sun will rise in your situation, but in the depths of the longest night it is often hard to believe. To you who asked the question of God, He says to you “the victory is already won, right now your just walking in the shadow of it.”
I'm walking in the shadow Of an already setting sun I'm walking in the shadow of A victory already won And in that victory I'll arise O death where is your sting? I'll stand before the Lord of Lords And this is what I'll sing Hallelujah hallelujah Hallelujah to my King Hallelujah hallelujah O death where be thy sting? Now I look back at the shadow And the shadow is no more It's been swallowed up in victory As I walk on through the door It's an open door to heaven A door no man can close For the one who holds it open Is the one who took the blows.
A Call To The Remnant 