A Way In A Manger

Last night my family went to church for the Christmas eve candlelight service and I was caught by a song that a young lady sung.  I'd never heard it before, "He Made A Way In A Manger".

He Made A Way In A Manger
Longing for a Savior
A hopeless world would wait
Sin demanded justice
At a price we could not pay;
But God displayed his mercy
The greatest gift of love
When we could not reach heaven
Heaven came to us.

Chorus:
He made a way in a manger
A way to the cross
Messiah the promised
Before time had begun;
For God so loved this world
Though he knew what love would cost
He made a way in a manger
To make a way to the cross.

In Bethlehem a stable
Became a throne of grace
As God himself our Savior
Drew near to take our place;
His mother smiled in wonder
As shepherds stood in awe
The sacrifice of heaven
Lay sleeping in the straw.

He is the life that died our death
The precious Lord Jesus
Laid down his sweet head.

Chorus:
He made a way in a manger
A way to the cross
Messiah, the promised
Before time had begun;
For God so loved this world
Though He knew what love would cost
He made a way in a manger
To make a way to the cross.

Away in a manger, no crib for his bed
The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head
The stars in the sky looked down where He lay
The little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay.

In a time where Christmas is a celebrated event spent with family and friends opening gifts and eating too much food, we must go back to when God sent His only Son to earth.  Imagine what it must have been like up there in heaven, with the angels wondering where their Creator was going.  Going to earth?  To be a child?  A human being?  That lowly?  Jesus was the King of Kings!  He had no right down there.  But He went anyway.  Why?  Because He loved us.  God loved us so much, that He sent his Son here, He made that way through a manger, to the cross, and to our hearts.  This Christmas season, let us be thankful to Him for all that He has done for us.


In Christ,
~Bethany~