He Overcame

He Overcame (offered by Doug Blair, Waterloo, 2020)

No easy ride, not then, no way

The serving would be hard

And Heaven missed His gracious mien

Could He New Life impart?

Religion called Him ruffian

And thrones just called Him weak.

But hurting ones might call Him King

For those He came to seek.

Such goodness met the coarsest Power

Convicting, His contrast.

The Heavens shown as full and free

Religion’s weight got past.

So how came chain

And whip and jeer?

Love pinioned to a Cross?

The Holy Spirit held up Hope

That all would not be loss.

Our Master, Champion

Bathed in prayer

And true to Father’s Name

Heart filled with Psalms

Of hate proved false.

He overcame…OVERCAME.

May we grasp the enormity of Jesus’ passion; His total obedience and complete trust in the unstoppable Plan of the Trinity. We are baffled, broken, breathless, beseeching and born again.

The enormity of such selfless Love; the completeness of the Victory; the certainty of all Messianic promises in scripture. All of these things woo us, challenge yet draw us into the sheepfold of the Good Shepherd. Read John’s Gospel chapter ten.

A helpful website... https://sites.google.com/view/jesus- becomes-you/home