Thanksgiving Meditation

King in Greatest Exaltation

Philippians 2:5-11 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.

Ultimate humiliation
That the God of all creation
Would put on the flesh of man
Just to understand

Before time existed
He knew man resisted
To worship someone higher
For we wanted all the power

Instead they gained nothing
But toil, strife, and envying
Destroying man’s purity of heart
Now needing a new start

That’s why Jesus came to us
To save us from the lowly dust
Born of the Virgin Mary
A King coming humbly so contrary

To the animals all around
Gnashing when He did confound
The wise with foolish simplicity
Showing them to be…

Who they are inside
No longer to hide
Because God’s Light has exposed
Hearts that are so cold

That’s why Jesus came to bleed
For all mankind to be freed
From the bondage of sin
And so, He spoke to the wind

Peace be still as time paused
On Calvary, He gained no applause
For facing the wickedness of man
The mirror was in His hand

Showing us what man’s heart contained
Caused His to melt and flow like rain
In agony and anguish He did hang
Plunging to the darkest depths, now to reign

That’s why Jesus hates our pride
It gives man a place to hide
Behind the bars of His very soul
He doesn’t want to be let go

Until the loneliness and guilt
Leave a cold heart without a quilt
And there’s no place to run
But to the only begotten Son

Bowing at the foot of the cross
Realizing in darkness, he is so lost
Reaching up for mercy and grace
Now longing to see His face

The eyes that burn like fire
For His Spirit contains the purest desire
The countenance of His face does show
The reflection of His very soul

Though marred on earth physically
Beauty shown so plain spiritually
His emotions were strained to extreme
That His life could produce a living stream

The water of life now flows in abundance
Because we have a second chance
To see the God of all Creation
Jesus Christ—King in Greatest Exaltation