Free Me From This Task by Brian Douglas and John Jennings, © 2004, Jesuswood Publishing
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How will I do it? Can I find it inside me? Told there’s nothing to it In my sights, all I can see Will I take the life from him Keep him from being saved Do I have it within Pull my trigger, send amen the grave Free me from this task Free me from this task I’m not meant to kill Give me what I ask Wars we can’t see rage like the storm Are we merrily fighting man Hungry for power, evil was born The army’s of God take their stand So I ask do I do it Do I set this spirit free Send him to heaven or hell Why is the choice up to me Free me from this task Free me from this task I’m not meant to kill Give me what I ask Will I lose my salvation Take another man’s life Put here in the position Cause his widow strife My spirit longs for mercy Can’t count how many have died Would have given him the chance to see How many tears have cried Free me from this task Free me from this task I’m not meant to kill Give what I ask	I thought this was an interesting dilemma. Here is a person of Christian faith who is in the military and signed up full well knowing the consequences of maybe going to war. What enters a person’s mind when they know that they have to take another persons life? You know that you signed up to do a certain job, but you might not really think about it until it comes down to crunch time. Will I take away his salvation because I killed him before he could make things right with God? Will I lose my salvation because I took another mans life? To the mature Christian, we know that we would not lose our salvation for having to kill in wartime situations. If it were I, the thought would probably cross my mind. Fortunately I know what God’s word says and I know that I can trust his word. Still the fact remains, it would be difficult to take another mans life. I myself would not like to be in that situation, but sometimes you have to do things you don’t like to do.