Endure to the End

Before the world was ever formed, the Lamb was slain for meThe war was won before it started, sealed in eternityThe dragon knows he's beaten, but he still comes on to fightThe question ain't who wins the war, it's whose side I'm on tonight

I've been bloodied, I've been battered, but I never left the fieldValiant in His testimony, never once let go my shield

I'll endure to the endWith the fire in my bones and His image on my faceI'm pressin' forward steadfast, and I'm standin' in my placeConfident in Christ, 'cause I know how this endsHe already won the war, so I'll endure to the endSo I'll endure to the end

I ain't claimin' I was perfect — I have broken ranks and runTook the wounds I brought upon myself and I owned every oneHe said, "Go strengthen others, that is what the mercy's for"Then He handed back my sword and He sent me back to war

Now I bear His holy priesthood, and I bear it in the light'Cause the powers of heaven only flow through a life lived right

I'll endure to the endWith the fire in my bones and His image on my faceI'm pressin' forward steadfast, and I'm standin' in my placeConfident in Christ, 'cause I know how this endsHe already won the war, so I'll endure to the endSo I'll endure to the end

Let virtue garnish every thought, and my confidence grows strongIn the presence of my Father, where He's waited all alongHe didn't ask me did I win — He asked if I'd finish the raceAnd I lift my head, refined by fire, and saved by grace

I'll endure to the endWith the fire in my bones and His image on my faceRefined and redeemed, and I'm standin' in my placeBack on the line with His priesthood, I know how this endsHe already won the war, so I'll endure to the end

The war was won before it startedAnd I'll be standin' when it endsNot because I never fellBut because He never did