Satan, the flesh, and sin, in their own fashions
Have clashed against me to disturb my soul;
But I turn to the Father of compassions,
The God of all encouragements, and roll
My burden on the One who will console;
In spite of ills my foes seek to impart
The Father of compassions binds my heart.
2 Cor 1: 3
But for three hours the Saviour did not say,
"Father"; but, "My God, my God, why hast Thou
Forsaken me": oh, cry of deep dismay
And bitter anguish. Yet He did not bow
His head till all was finished. We may now
Say, "Father" through the work that was achieved
By Jesus in the three hours when He grieved.
Matthew 27: 46; Mark 15: 34
It was a righteous thing that One we know
As Son was loved before the world's foundation.
He has come forth in light and love to show
The Father in the joy of that relation,
Although exceeding this world's contemplation.
So "Righteous Father" was the name employed
For One whose company the Son enjoyed.
John 17: 24, 25.
The Lord said, "Holy Father"; I ask why
It is, "A holy Father's constant care",
We sing, "Keeps watch with an unwearying eye"?
Because a holy Father is aware
Of the world's wiles, against which to prepare;
Kept in the Father's Name, who chose to bless
According to the Father's holiness.
John 17
I am referring to the hymn here:
The fathers of the men who followed Moses
Ate manna in the wilderness - and died;
But Christ has come, and in His life discloses
The living Father, whom He glorified.
And through the Lord we may be vivified:
Through Christ, who is the Living One, streams course
Which have the living Father as their source.
John 6
As the disciples watched One who would rather
Face death than fail to do Another's will
They saw a first-beloved with a father.
That One, who in His service could be still
Within the Father's bosom, could fulfil
God's purposes, as One whom God prepared:
It is by such a One God is declared.
John 1: 14-18
Jedburgh - Scottish Borders
Thrice in the chapters of prevailing dark
The Lord said, "Father"; first, at that crossroad
Where the road taken, and its end, were stark;
"Father, forgive them ...": next the Saviour showed
The weight of grace before He bore sin's load;
And last, in words we barely understand
He placed His spirit in His Father's hand.
Luke 22: 42; 23: 34; 23: 46.
