Before

He had made this trip before,

With a man who’s name was not yet changed,

Before His promise was born,

He had made this trip before,

With a teenager in shackles,

Sold as a slave to a caravan.

He had made this trip before,

With a father with joy in his heart,

The son he thought dead was actually alive.

He had made this trip before,

With a prophet who should not have had to go,

Because a people had rejected God.

What He had never done before,

Was see it through human eyes,

In the arms of His Mother He chose.

Each Before was a shadow,

A glimpse of Christ’s Today,

So we could Live To See Tomorrow.

Before led to a manger,

That day led to a life of Service,

An a journey to a mountain called Calvary.

Before is about promises made,

Bethlehem is about promises kept,

Egypt is about protection,

What He spoke to you before He will complete,

What you are birthing He will direct,

An what you are called to do, He will protect.