Understanding
Can someone who's not had to lose know what it means to win
Could God Who formed and made us understand the hearts of men
Unless He came to live like us as One in heart and soul
And set aside divinity in life to make us whole
The answer's not that simple though some think it truly is
How God became a man for just a while to teach us this
That love would bear our sins upon the cross to set us free
And rise again to bring us life for all eternity
But when we go much deeper as it is our work to do
And truly see the work of God and all that He went through
We have a new perspective of what our salvation means
As slowly and methodically we walk through every scene
From prophesies about Him Who would be the chosen One
Who as the Lamb would bear the grief for all that we have done
The willing living Sacrifice Who'd leave His throne above
And willingly bear all our scorn to share with us God's love
And then the scenes at Christ's mass when He came that precious Babe
Just shepherds there to greet Him in the manger that was made
To feed the sheep and cattle as the source of daily life
There holding Him Who was to share our burdens and our strife
And then from there to being a young child of only two
Accepted by the wise men who alone came there to do
What all the priests and wise men of the chosen race had missed
Adorning praise upon Him that the Father's love had kissed
And then into the temple where He met with those who thought
Themselves of greater wisdom than this young Man who was brought
To witness what was coming for Him as the Lamb of God
And still He did not swerve one step from off the path He trod
Of His perfect obedience to Their most vital plan
The only way to bring salvation to the soul of man
That did not end with sacrifice upon that hallowed tree
But will forever be engraved in Him for you and me
As scars upon our Saviour Who does truly know our soul
From every thought to every breath and all that makes us whole
But also Who has promised if we do as He has done
To make us as He was with us with Him and God as one
Genesis 3:14-15; Psalm 22:2-24; Isaiah 53:1-12; Hebrews 2:14-18; John 17:21-22
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