Wonderful Word

“To the counselors of peace is joy... Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad” (Proverbs 12:20,25).  “The place of the Scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before His shearer, so opened He not His mouth: in His humiliation His judgment was taken away: and who shall declare His generation?  For His life is taken from the earth.  And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this?...Then Philip…began at the same Scripture, and preached unto him Jesus… And he went on his way rejoicing.” (Acts 8:32-35).

The Lord sees the heaviness in broken hearts

With sorrow that’s covered but still isn’t cured,

Yet by His good Word there is joy He imparts,

And JESUS, above every name, is that Word.  

The Spirit of God is directing His own

To preach in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ

To tell what the prophets so clearly made known,

Foretelling the Gospel of Christ sacrificed.

We see this displayed in the eunuch who came,

To whom the evangelist Philip would speak.

The good Word he spoke was in declared in the name

Of JESUS our Savior, so lowly and meek.

The place in the Scripture the eunuch had read

Was found in Isaiah foretelling salvation

As One, like a Lamb, to the slaughter was led,

Who went forth in silence in humiliation.

It was at this Scripture that Philip began,

And preached about JESUS, who died in our place.

The eunuch rejoiced at God’s marvelous plan

And trusting in Christ, he was then saved by grace!

O Lord, we give thanks for the Gospel we preach,

That wonderful Word with the power to save! 

Now send us to those You prepare us to reach,

Declaring the gift of salvation You gave!