(7-2-03)
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:5-11
Flesh enclosed with completeness
Would someday provide my sweetness
What a Master Plan?
The Son of God—
A man
To leave his Heavenly Home
And on this wicked Earth to roam
A Nomad
No place to lay his head
Nothing compared
To what was up there
Yet LOVE brought Him down
He came as if not to make a sound
Born in a manger
My stranger
The prophets foretold of this night
The Kings of the Earth to be in fright
The wise men saw the star
They came with gifts, traversed afar
Just as a babe
He brought amazing joy
Not just because He was a baby boy
His mother and father somewhat knew in part
Just what was their little son
About to start
What would my Jesus do?
For He was their Savior, too
As he continued to grow
He never did anything to put on a show
Even at the age of 12
He was full of purpose
Just doing the Father’s business
At the Temple
How simple?
Why do people waist most of there life?
They fill it with everything but Love—
Strife
For this little boy knew
Exactly what he came to do
Not much is recorded
Until Jesus was 30
Yet the Word of God says
All of the books in the world couldn’t hold the works—
His
At 30, his stage was set
By John the Baptist preaching repentance
You see, Jesus was baptized
So I could understand through spiritual eyes
An example.
His ministry began
He came to save the lost from sin.
Reconcile
Restore a relationship
Between man and God
A gap had been created by sin
Only He could trod
Please read slowly and keep
This gap in mind
As I continue to rhyme
This gulf of space
Would be mended with all-sufficient grace
As the Lord continued to walk in His sandals
Satan tempted, but the Son of God, properly handled
Turn the stones to bread……….
Jump from the pinnacle of the Temple………
Fall down and worship at my feet…
Satan continued to repeat—
Just as he does to you and I
Maybe the words not the same
But the shameless prince continues to play games
Too bad, he cannot win
What is concealed within!
Christ continued to roam
Yet never alone
Masses of people continued to gather
What was the matter?
There souls needed something more
They longed, hungered, until His words—
They began to adore
They burned
As He spoke
Directly to the heart they cut
Or healed
That all prophesy might be fulfilled
He made the lowly crippled
To walk
The blinded eyes
To see
The diseased, lonely, and curious cried,
“Please deliver me”
Christ’s words,
Always spoken with power
Could have even saved
The world’s biggest coward
He came to heal
The Spirit come and seal
The dead to be raised
So His Father would be praised
He was the Light
In the darkest night
The Bread of Life
The Good Shepherd
The Way
The Truth
The Life
Many names He called himself
But many ears were closed, deaf
The people refused to hear
What he had to say
They thought they had it figured out, yet disarrayed
His people thought He was coming as a strong, mighty king
But only to provide His kingdom
With a beautiful engagement ring
The Holy Spirit
A Promise
A stumbling block to some
But the Savior of the deaf, blind, and dumb
The legalists, Pharisees, and hypocrites
Questioned, mocked, and spit
Later on, even the wise man Gamaliel said,
These works if not of God
Will soon die out, dead
Yet Christ came to give life
Not destroy
He wanted all to know His joy
He continued to be despised, rejected, and abused—
Just for me and you
Imagine.
This gap was so wide
That He was beaten, even torn in His hide
He was probably slapped in His face
His own people called Him a disgrace
They parted his garments
He walked the road to Calvary
Alone
Just Him
The cross on His back
“Crucify Him”
The people yelled.
He fell
Ever so weak in His flesh
Yet life deep within
Jesus continued to walk
A substitute for our sin
As he made it to the top of the mount
The soldiers grabbed Him
“King of the Jews” was shouted
On the cross
He lay His life down
His arms outstretched
Love demonstrated at its best
Nailed were his feet and hands
Of which His body was to rest
A Crown of Thorns
Used His head to pierce
As they dropped His cross
In the Earth, it pounded, something fierce
He hung
The River of Life was flowing
His precious blood
A Sacrifice was showing
He said, “I thirst”
All prophecies were being fulfilled
On the little hill
The Earth became dark
Quakes began to happen
God turned His eyes from His Son
Sin cursed in death, no more to trappen
It was being defeated
Death, Hell, and the Grave
He preached to the spirits
All in paradise about to rave
He was taken down
Not a bone was broken
Wrapped in linen, sin was choken
They laid his body in a brand new tomb
He was dead, no hope
Many did assume
As the Light broke on that Third Day
The Son rose
No grave was able to hold
His body in the ground
His disciples, He did astound
The risen Christ continued on His way
Almost over was his brief stay
He was going Home
To sit by His Father on the throne
But before His ascension
He was seen by many
So there would be no dissension
He did rise
Into the skies
The plan was completed
Satan’s head bruised
Yet still conceited
We now have a High Priest
He knows our sorrows
We will never be tempted too much—
That we can’t make it to tomorrow
He is always there
You can talk to Him in prayer
He mediates for us all
If you do not know Him, please call
He loves you more than you can imagine
Remember the gap He filled
All that you could be made real
No more a dead man
But alive
To live more like him you would begin to strive
To me, He’s no more a stranger—
But a friend
“I will be with you always even till the end”
His name is Jesus
My sweet completeness!
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:5-11
Flesh enclosed with completeness
Would someday provide my sweetness
What a Master Plan?
The Son of God—
A man
To leave his Heavenly Home
And on this wicked Earth to roam
A Nomad
No place to lay his head
Nothing compared
To what was up there
Yet LOVE brought Him down
He came as if not to make a sound
Born in a manger
My stranger
The prophets foretold of this night
The Kings of the Earth to be in fright
The wise men saw the star
They came with gifts, traversed afar
Just as a babe
He brought amazing joy
Not just because He was a baby boy
His mother and father somewhat knew in part
Just what was their little son
About to start
What would my Jesus do?
For He was their Savior, too
As he continued to grow
He never did anything to put on a show
Even at the age of 12
He was full of purpose
Just doing the Father’s business
At the Temple
How simple?
Why do people waist most of there life?
They fill it with everything but Love—
Strife
For this little boy knew
Exactly what he came to do
Not much is recorded
Until Jesus was 30
Yet the Word of God says
All of the books in the world couldn’t hold the works—
His
At 30, his stage was set
By John the Baptist preaching repentance
You see, Jesus was baptized
So I could understand through spiritual eyes
An example.
His ministry began
He came to save the lost from sin.
Reconcile
Restore a relationship
Between man and God
A gap had been created by sin
Only He could trod
Please read slowly and keep
This gap in mind
As I continue to rhyme
This gulf of space
Would be mended with all-sufficient grace
As the Lord continued to walk in His sandals
Satan tempted, but the Son of God, properly handled
Turn the stones to bread……….
Jump from the pinnacle of the Temple………
Fall down and worship at my feet…
Satan continued to repeat—
Just as he does to you and I
Maybe the words not the same
But the shameless prince continues to play games
Too bad, he cannot win
What is concealed within!
Christ continued to roam
Yet never alone
Masses of people continued to gather
What was the matter?
There souls needed something more
They longed, hungered, until His words—
They began to adore
They burned
As He spoke
Directly to the heart they cut
Or healed
That all prophesy might be fulfilled
He made the lowly crippled
To walk
The blinded eyes
To see
The diseased, lonely, and curious cried,
“Please deliver me”
Christ’s words,
Always spoken with power
Could have even saved
The world’s biggest coward
He came to heal
The Spirit come and seal
The dead to be raised
So His Father would be praised
He was the Light
In the darkest night
The Bread of Life
The Good Shepherd
The Way
The Truth
The Life
Many names He called himself
But many ears were closed, deaf
The people refused to hear
What he had to say
They thought they had it figured out, yet disarrayed
His people thought He was coming as a strong, mighty king
But only to provide His kingdom
With a beautiful engagement ring
The Holy Spirit
A Promise
A stumbling block to some
But the Savior of the deaf, blind, and dumb
The legalists, Pharisees, and hypocrites
Questioned, mocked, and spit
Later on, even the wise man Gamaliel said,
These works if not of God
Will soon die out, dead
Yet Christ came to give life
Not destroy
He wanted all to know His joy
He continued to be despised, rejected, and abused—
Just for me and you
Imagine.
This gap was so wide
That He was beaten, even torn in His hide
He was probably slapped in His face
His own people called Him a disgrace
They parted his garments
He walked the road to Calvary
Alone
Just Him
The cross on His back
“Crucify Him”
The people yelled.
He fell
Ever so weak in His flesh
Yet life deep within
Jesus continued to walk
A substitute for our sin
As he made it to the top of the mount
The soldiers grabbed Him
“King of the Jews” was shouted
On the cross
He lay His life down
His arms outstretched
Love demonstrated at its best
Nailed were his feet and hands
Of which His body was to rest
A Crown of Thorns
Used His head to pierce
As they dropped His cross
In the Earth, it pounded, something fierce
He hung
The River of Life was flowing
His precious blood
A Sacrifice was showing
He said, “I thirst”
All prophecies were being fulfilled
On the little hill
The Earth became dark
Quakes began to happen
God turned His eyes from His Son
Sin cursed in death, no more to trappen
It was being defeated
Death, Hell, and the Grave
He preached to the spirits
All in paradise about to rave
He was taken down
Not a bone was broken
Wrapped in linen, sin was choken
They laid his body in a brand new tomb
He was dead, no hope
Many did assume
As the Light broke on that Third Day
The Son rose
No grave was able to hold
His body in the ground
His disciples, He did astound
The risen Christ continued on His way
Almost over was his brief stay
He was going Home
To sit by His Father on the throne
But before His ascension
He was seen by many
So there would be no dissension
He did rise
Into the skies
The plan was completed
Satan’s head bruised
Yet still conceited
We now have a High Priest
He knows our sorrows
We will never be tempted too much—
That we can’t make it to tomorrow
He is always there
You can talk to Him in prayer
He mediates for us all
If you do not know Him, please call
He loves you more than you can imagine
Remember the gap He filled
All that you could be made real
No more a dead man
But alive
To live more like him you would begin to strive
To me, He’s no more a stranger—
But a friend
“I will be with you always even till the end”
His name is Jesus
My sweet completeness!
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