PRESSED OUT OF MEASURE

"God is our refuge and strength: a help in calamities, very readily found.
Psalm 46:1 (J.N.D)

"Call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee and thou shalt
glorify ME." Psalm 50:15

"The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as
be of a contrite spirit. (Psalm 34:18)



Pressed out of measure and pressed to all length;
Pressed so intensely it seems beyond strength.
Pressed in the body and pressed in the soul;
Pressed in the mind till the dark surges roll;
Pressure by foes, and pressure by friends;
Pressure on pressure, til life nearly ends.
Pressed into loving the staff and the rod;
Pressed into knowing no helper but God.
Pressed into liberty where nothing clings;
Pressed into faith for impossible things.
Pressed into living a life in the Lord;
Pressed into living a Christ-life outpoured.

-Annie Johnson Flint