Long, drawn-out victory

Long, drawn-out victory

by Joel Howard

drawn-out: adj. lasting or seeming to last longer than is necessary (Oxford dictionary)

When David fought Goliath

When that giant fell

David took the man's sword

And used it to kill

No sword in his hand, 

David had come

No pride to keep him

No loss to fear

Passed king Saul, who

Sat comfortably back

Passed his own brothers

Who treated him with wrath

"What manner of man

Is this out-of-place foe

Who for 40 days taunts us?

Will no man go?"

Forfeited the chance to

Hold kingly swords

But ended up using

The giant's to warn

All of us who fear

And despise what is small

All of us who despise

The weak and the frail

But those same brothers

And that same king

Who told him "you can't"

They would now scream

For joy as the man 

They feared most of all

Fell by a stone

By the despised one, fall

I love how the people

Of God turned to kill

And chase the Philistines

Past the furthest hill

From city to city

From town to town

Even when the wounded

Fled, further they'd fall

And as if that weren't enough

David's men now

Took Giant spoil

David took the head

So in heaven

And here on earth

The victory lasts

Longer than Energizer

Longer than that!

For we, the victors

We the enthroned

Though our ashes-season

Seemed years long

'matter what has come

Longer will be the joy

'matter what was fought

Greater the spoil

As David and Israel

So we will be

Rejoicing forever

For all eternity

Rubbing it in?

Yes, forever

Basking in Jesus

Forever and ever