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The holidays are frantic in our rush to get
things done.
It's a wonder we survive them with our fervor
to have fun.
And we make so many plans that keep us busy
all day long.
So there is no time for Jesus, and it seems
there's something wrong.
For the Baby in the manger, long ago and far
away
Doesn't seem to be important as we live from
day to day.
There's a Baby in the manger, far away and
long ago,
But we've things that we must do, and we have
places we must go.
And yet, Jesus is the focus if we only
understand.
He's the most important Factor--for the Kingdom
is at hand.
Jesus makes the difference for us as our Savior
only can.
He agreed to be a servant, to become a lowly
man.
The Son obeyed the Father on that day that
He was born.
In the garden man chose evil. Then the
human race was torn,
Torn away from God the Father and were made
as slaves to sin,
But the Christ obeyed the Father to reverse
the mess we're in.
He obeyed Him in each act and word and thought
throughout His life.
He obeyed Him in His death and then removed
all earthly strife.
He arose the overcomer--over sin, death and
the grave,
And ascended into heaven--and then many gifts
He gave.
Now He opens up the door for any who will
enter there
To be joined with God the Father--for He freed
us from the snare.
So there's much more to the story than a Baby
long ago,
For He's born within the heart, and this is
by the Spirit's flow.
When He's born within our hearts He gives
us power then to be
Full-grown, manifested sons of God to live
eternally,
We look back unto the manger and the cross
of long ago,
And now we have Christ within us; God has
planned that seed will grow
To the measure of the stature of the fullness.
It's God's plan
To conform us to His image. It's the
work that God began.
He has set us in His Body to be coworkers
today
To be coworkers with God, just as the Master
forms the clay.
And the gifts He puts within us are the gifts
from up above,
As they tear down mighty strongholds, and
they build the Church in love.
And from glory unto glory they are building
it today
In the here and in the now, not long ago and
far away.
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