Exchange of Gifts

The Great Prince of Heaven, Co-Creator of Earth,
laid aside all His splendor, and by virgin birth
took the form of a human and lived as a man;
now whatever we face He can relate, understand.

But His plan was far greater than just that alone
when He laid down His power, stepped down from His throne.
A sacrifice holy and pure in God’s sight,
was needed if mankind could ever be right.

Restored to the fellowship the first man had shared,
before pride and self-will his innocence snared.
So this Great Being, though He knew well the price,
laid aside all His glory to be our sacrifice.

I can’t understand it; my mind questions “why?”
but the truth of this message I cannot deny.
He has said, “Take it, this gift that I bought;
it’s free by accepting the Way that I brought.

Surrender of self-will, so foreign to man,
is the only requirement He laid in His plan.
It’s not by my goodness I have been made right,
and now can stand blameless in God’s holy sight.

But rather its through in the Way He revealed,
That my penalty’s paid, and my destiny’s sealed.
And so I now thank Him and give to Him all
of my thoughts, ways and motives, no matter how small.

It’s the least I can offer after all He has done;
for I’ve been redeemed back to life by God’s Son.

Glenda Collins Inman