“It's Not The Steps” ( ) [Sun Tsu First Half Re-Write # 6:16]

Folks see the steps, our forces make,
Then in those steps their actions take,
As if a dance was in the steps –
It is, but interactions get –

One further down success’s road.
No repetition – first we goad
The other side to show us how
He might respond – which then allows –

Us to create response to win;
We don’t, with formed-up steps begin;
It’s with the interactive dance
It first begins – reduces chance –

Our fancy steps have been found out,
And countered by some roundabout
And convoluted way to stop
Our victory, which we had thought –

Would sweep us through, like heated knife
Through butter – but when thwarted, tight
Would be our chance of victory;
So we’ve no “steps” for them to see.

Lord, now I start to see just why.
You do not share Your plans – we’d die
Out on some battle-field alone –
There are no plans ’fore leaving home.

It’s more a well-honed strategy
To love and care for likes of me;
A message of a Kingdom-layer
For folks – response to offered prayer.

Lord, this is cool – now we see right
How “Steps” and “Plans”, once locked down tight,
Seem foolproof in the way to go.
But useless are, once satan knows.

So, best not have them to be found;
A box of tricks, of course, is ’round,
But even there, you don’t repeat
Some laid out “Steps” for dancing feet.

Thanks Lord for this.

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