The Ultimate Standard

One of my passions is discipleship.  I am fortunate to be working with 6 guys at this time. Two of those guys are in high school.  In my last study with the two students we learned about the characteristics of God.  I challenged one of the students, Collin Battaglia, to write a song or a poem based upon what he learned about God.  Below is his response to the challenge.   

The Ultimate Standard

What is perfect, what is blessed?
Only in God can this rest.
What is freedom, what is pure?
Only one can ensure.
If it's the King you want to know,
Search his word and closer you'll grow.

And moments are here and then they're gone,
But he sees them all in one.
Still, we ponder the gift called time,
And how the sun continues to shine.
His presence binds everything tight.
The hourglass, the atoms, and the light.

God is the source if unending love,
And of countless blessings from above.
God is the source of consuming wrath, to all sin and the disobedient path.
God is the standard of righteous and just,
So it's in his word that I will trust.

For who could be more wise?
And against him, who could rise?
For who could be more faithful, more true,
Than the one who created me and you,
Than the one who sent a sacrifice, that we may see,
The type of men we're called to be.

Collin Battaglia