There was a Man of greatest wealth, who left all that He owned,
Left the Kingdom of His Father, left His lofty throne,
To become a pauper, a homeless wanderer, no place to lay His head,
Besides His clothes all that He owned were the precious words He said.
He said to love your brothers as you would love yourself,
These golden words hold the key to what is truly wealth.
All our lives we’ve all been told that things of pleasure will please our soul,
But this Man, He said these words instead; we’ll find no treasure in what we hold,
He should know for He owns it all,
From furthest star to flea so small.
So, He left it all so far behind,
And gave to us His earthly time.
He could have been a King down here,
But He removed His crown to bring us near,
Near to truth and near to God,
That things of earth are like us, but sod;
And what God values, are what we should,
What is Holy, righteous and good.
Yes, that was Him in every way,
And what we should crave every day.
He became poor to make us rich, a Teacher without equal.
And we should do the same for others, our lives that are the sequel.
For joy is found in turning loose possessions that hold us,
And wealth cannot be measured for those in whom God trust.
The King became a Servant as He washed His subject’s feet,
A daunting task for men of pride, but to us He does entreat.
To drop all things of worldly wealth, their glory a mere façade,
And embrace the art of servitude which reveals the Love of God.
No greater love has a man than to lay his life down for his friends,
This Servant King did this for us to save us from our sins.
He left His home in glory, for me, for you, for all.
Now what you do is up to you, when your name He does call.
A call for love and service for God and other men;
Yes, when we lose all earthly wealth is when we surely win.
Tertius
Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
Philippians 2:6-7
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor,
so that you through his poverty might become rich.
2 Corinthians 8:9
A note about “The Servant King”: Jesus, from the minute He was born referring to the location of His birthplace (a stable which is a place which service animals live) taught a radical new way of life. He not only spoke on it, but He taught by example that only what we give is what we truly own. The greatest treasure that we will ever own is what we give away. Doesn’t make sense to the people of the world, but then again, their wealth is all temporary. What God’s children give goes into heaven’s vaults and we should all hope that it’s not my treasure, but our treasure! Matthew 6:19-21