Dead, Yet Alive

Been alive, but dead,

Living life with no direction.

A dead man,

Full of sins,

Glancing at the sky,

Hoping for a change.

He knows something is missing,

But refuses to find it.

He is dead spiritually,

But still alive.

He is struggling,

Still breathing,

Still searching,

But he is dead.

But why is he dead?

Living in sin,

Chasing pleasure,

Looking for light

In places that only grow darker.

He tries to fill the emptiness,

But nothing seems to satisfy.

He keeps searching,

Yet remains lost.

He has life in his body,

But no life in his soul.

He walks, he speaks, he laughs,

Yet something within him is dead.

He longs for peace,

But keeps looking in the wrong places.

He sees the light,

But keeps walking away.

He knows the truth,

Yet still chooses sin.

Still, grace calls him home.

What he needs

Is not another pleasure,

But a new nature.

A life that is eternal,

A life dead to sin,

A life truly alive

In Christ Jesus.