Advent Hymn

When God made covenant with us,
His promise did not fail.
He sent his Son for everyone
To make us free and well.

He chose a lowly maiden girl,
A child of Abraham,
To be the one to raise his Son,
The King from Bethlehem.

Messiah came that holy night
While all the world went by
And we like they would never say
That he would lift us high.

The Word Eternal came that night
And dwelt in human form.
He came to save from sin and grave
All caught in this great storm.

The wise men warned his family
When Herod drew his sword
That they must go to Joseph's foe
And wait there on the Lord.

He grew like us and more than we
In wisdom and in grace
That we receive and never leave
The blessings of his place.

In temple where the elders taught,
He asked and answered them.
They stood amazed when up he gazed
And said he came from Him.

His students came from shore and shame
To follow where he went.
He taught them well but they would fail
To know why he was sent.

Poor Peter drew his mighty sword,
His Master to defend,
But Jesus would return with good
Until the bitter end.

They knew at last but they did run
When pressured all around
But sure and true for me and you,
The Savior wore the crown.

He suffered their upon the cross
Mid thieves and slaves to sin
For we like they have lost our way.
Still he has let us in.

The Son of Mary, God's own Child,
Bid John to take her home
And she to be his mother too
And none to live alone.

He hung abandoned on the tree
By friends and Father too.
The sinless One by sin undone
Instead of me and you.

God gone into the godless land
To capture captives' home
He chose to stay in sinners' way
And be without shalom.

Jesus, the name above all names
Is power to the dead.
From Mary's womb to Joseph's tomb,
His blood for us was shed.

And so he rose our lives to save
And set our bodies free
With this our time and lowly clime
To live eternally.

Our bodies members have become
Of his community.
The Mother Church the world does search
To find more babes like he.

The Spirit of the Holy One
Was sent to bring us in
And send us out and all about
To call the world to him.

And when at last he comes again
To judge the quick and dead
We'll know that he shall surely be
The One whose promise said,

"Surely I'm with you to the end
And will be everyday,
So trust me now and ask not how
I love you all the way."

He came at first long, long ago
In humble human state.
He'll come again at this world's end
And take you through his gate.

To live with him forevermore,
He comes in to your heart,
The Prince of Peace with endless feast
Will not from us depart.

Copyright 2002 by CFB