King of Glory
By Carrie Moyer
Now that I'm grown, during the Christmas season, I continue to focus my Bible reading and meditation specifically on the prophecies and events pertaining to our Savior's birth.
I walked through many valleys this past year, or perhaps it was one great dark valley. Close friends buried children. I grieved the losses of three of my own unborn babies. We said goodbye to a grandmother, an uncle, a dear friend. We comforted and prayed for others as they wept over loved ones.
More than ever this past year, I am realizing how desperately I need Christ, how crucial was His coming to earth as the God-man, how pertinent our hope that one day He will come again.
As I share in His suffering, I am realizing what a sacrifice He made in coming to earth. What love He demonstrated in all that He did for us!
Christ, Creator of all,
Sovereign King of Glory,
with right and power
to do whatever He pleases,
King of Kings,
whom angels worshipped,
Laid aside rule and authority,
Came to earth as a baby,
weak and helpless,
dependent on ones
who need help themselves,
the ones whom He had made.
Lord of Lords
became servant to servants.
King of Glory abandoned light
to suffer in darkness.
Source of Life surrendered to death.
The only Son of man begotten by God,
Pure of heart,
Perfect in spirit,
given to be
my impurity,
given to bear
my penalty,
given to free
me from slavery,
given to rise
and dwell in me
That I may know Him
and the power of His resurrection,
understanding the worthlessness
of my own goodness,
and realizing the weakness
of my own strength.
That I may turn
from myself
to Him,
from relying on my faltering ability
to trusting His limitless power,
from slaving for pleasure
to resting in the treasure of
relationship of sinner to Savior.
Who am I that
Christ, Creator of all,
Sovereign King of Glory,
with right and power
to do whatever He pleases,
King of kings,
worthy of worship,
Would come to earth
to die
and deliver
and dwell in me?
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"Our God is in the heavens; He does all that He pleases." (Psalm 115:3)
Whatever the Lord pleases, He does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps." (Psalm 135:6)
Who is this King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle! . . . Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory!" (Psalm 24:8, 10)
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16)
"God made [Christ,] who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in [Christ] we might become the righteousness of God." (2 Corinthians 5:21 NIV)
"that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection" (Philippians 3:10a)
"We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away." (Isaiah 64:6)
"How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light." (Psalm 36:7-9)
"You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore." (Psalm 16:11)
"what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?" (Psalm 8:4)
“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.” (Revelation 4:11)
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Sovereign King of Glory,
with right and power
to do whatever He pleases,
King of Kings,
whom angels worshipped,
Laid aside rule and authority,
Came to earth as a baby,
weak and helpless,
dependent on ones
who need help themselves,
the ones whom He had made.
Lord of Lords
became servant to servants.
King of Glory abandoned light
to suffer in darkness.
Source of Life surrendered to death.
The only Son of man begotten by God,
Pure of heart,
Perfect in spirit,
given to be
my impurity,
given to bear
my penalty,
given to free
me from slavery,
given to rise
and dwell in me
That I may know Him
and the power of His resurrection,
understanding the worthlessness
of my own goodness,
and realizing the weakness
of my own strength.
That I may turn
from myself
to Him,
from relying on my faltering ability
to trusting His limitless power,
from slaving for pleasure
to resting in the treasure of
relationship of sinner to Savior.
Who am I that
Christ, Creator of all,
Sovereign King of Glory,
with right and power
to do whatever He pleases,
King of kings,
worthy of worship,
Would come to earth
to die
and deliver
and dwell in me?
..............................
"Our God is in the heavens; He does all that He pleases." (Psalm 115:3)
Whatever the Lord pleases, He does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps." (Psalm 135:6)
Who is this King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle! . . . Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory!" (Psalm 24:8, 10)
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16)
"God made [Christ,] who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in [Christ] we might become the righteousness of God." (2 Corinthians 5:21 NIV)
"that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection" (Philippians 3:10a)
"We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away." (Isaiah 64:6)
"How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light." (Psalm 36:7-9)
"You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore." (Psalm 16:11)
"what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?" (Psalm 8:4)
“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.” (Revelation 4:11)
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*Bible
quotations are from the ESV unless otherwise stated.
*I've
included several of the specific verses that guided my thoughts as I
meditated on the gospel. I encourage you to look these up in your own
Bible and read the contexts surrounding them. Ask the Lord to
increase your knowledge of Him and deepen your understanding of His
sacrificial love and redemptive work through Christ.
Carrie
Moyer is a housewife and homeschooling mother who praises her Father
for the large quiver of children He has blessed her with. She lives in
the upstate of South Carolina with her husband, four girls and two boys.
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