I was just a young boy when I first took center stage I danced around a fire truck, my tap shoes were the rage In high school I was on the crew that propped the final play In recent years I lead my church to sing of amazing grace I also was on stage with my wife many times The spotlight was on both of us as we spoke out our lines Some of these were musicals and we would sing our songs The practices were tiresome and often were qui0te long I see actors playing on the stages that do shine In TV studios where the queues are right on time I’ve been to concerts where those lights were bright When the concert started, the worship out of sight But the brightest stage of all was the on a little babe A star shone from the heaven that shone upon His stage Shepherds came and worshiped, kings from far away That quiet night in Bethlehem when He took center stage His whole life in the spotlight, all the common people cheered But the leaders and the elders only looked at Him and jeered They didn’t like this Jesus, they thought He was a fraud They thought He was an actor, not the perfect Son of God They plotted to destroy Him as His stage grew brighter still The spotlight that was on Him, they thought was not God’s will They made false accusations and hired to take Him down Their desire was to take away this spotlight from His brow They caused the crowd to cry out “crucify Him” in the street The ruler of the nation had to grant their sordid plea Then they beat Him and they bruised Him, the blood for all to see A crown of thorns upon His head would mock His claim as king They made Him bear His cross as they led Him up the hill The nailed His hands and feet and all the crowd was stilled Once again, He was the person that the brightest light was on Even though the skies went dark, the show had just begun He was buried in a borrowed tomb and a stone the blocked the door His stage seemed all but gone as they made the stone secure Three days passed and all His friends thought His days were gone They scrambled to find meaning in all that had been done Then the third day came and the stone was rolled away Once again, the Son of God would stand on center stage He has risen back to life and ascended to His throne The spotlight would be on Him now forevermore Has jesus taken center stage in your life today Have you made Him Lord of all? Has He washed your sins away? From now until forever He will be on center stage Please come to Him today and taste of His sweet grace
