I Have Faught the Good Fight (Song based on 1st Corinthians 9:24-27 and 2nd Timothy 4:7)

Song: I Have Faught the Good Fight
Lyrics, music, Voices: Ai
Arranged and Reworded by: Aaron J. Weaver

[verse1]
A runner's focus, a fighter's might,
Paul drew his lines in the arena's light.
Of Isthmian crowns and training's hard demand,
To make the faithful clearly understand.

The Roman sought the laurel, frail and brief,
A mortal fame, a moment's sweet relief.
His body, toned by discipline severe,
Was pushed for cheers that fade with every year.

[verse2]
Their glory came from triumph, swift and grand,
A spectacle for all throughout the land.
They trained for honor, fleeting as a breath,
And faced a contest ending oft in death.

We, stand the contrasts: transient versus soul,
The ancient games, versus heaven's goal.
The one for glory seen beneath the sun,
The other, won when all through faith is done.

[verse3]
Not fleshly struggle, but a soul's contest,
Cast off burdens, putting ourselves to test.
The goal, not cheers from some imperial stand,
But perfect union with our Savior's hand.

Rejecting fables, turning from the vain,
We disciplined our body through all pain.
Not fearing failure, but to be found true,
By living as Christ, living through and through.

[chorus]
But our own race, a far more righteous strife,
Is won not by a hero's mortal life.
I have fought the good fight,
I have finished the race,
We claim a crown of everlasting grace.