What if Jesus had decided that coming to earth to live and die wasn't something He wanted to do? What He did, He did by choice and He did out of pure love...
Contemporary Christian/Gospel
Hi...I'm Lisa Crum and I'm a Christian songwriter.
Lyrics
The choice was Yours to make from the beginning
You saw up front how hard that it would be
You knew that there’d be folks who were ungrateful
You knew there’d be some who refused to see
Yet when the fullness of the times was exactly right
You appeared to simple folks who dared
To brave that Christmas night, but
What if You’d said
“I don’t think so…
I don’t believe I’ll go”
What would have happened
If You’d said, “Too great a cost”
What if You’d said
“Somebody else
Can pick up the cross, someone will help”
What if You hadn’t come, O Jesus, we’d be lost
Growing up was sure to be a challenge
As human and as God in one young boy
You went through everything that we’ve encountered
To share our sickness, sorrow, hope and joy
And instead of fame and riches
You chose the lowly path
A Prince to all the suffering
Messiah here at last, but
But You came, You saw, You conquered
Your blood bought back our souls
And because You rose victorious
We’re saved…because You chose!
You didn’t say
“I don’t think so,
I don’t believe I’ll go.”
Instead You said, “It’s not too great a cost”
You didn’t say
“Somebody else
Can pick up the cross, someone will help”
But because You came, we’re no longer lost.
Thank You for saving us, Emmanuel, our God.
©2007 Words/Music by Lisa Crum
