Abba Padre, Daddy God

Abba, Father, dearest One, our God
The nearness of our Father to an only Son
Abba, Daddy, dear Father of us all
The sons you called and purified
By the blood of your own lamb

You left your throne in glory
To show us Abba’s heart
The gentleness of a Father
The glory of a Daddy, Abba Father!

Not distant above the galaxies
But much nearer, as in our heart
Where You have put Your Spirit
For sons to say “Daddy, Father”

This always was your purpose
Your plan has never changed
From of old within Your Holy Place
In the very the Holiest of All

You did everything to teach us
Yes, everything from A to Z
Everyday more than a little bit
And as much as we could bear

In time you sent your Only Son
The Prophets of Him proclaimed
The eternal Son came down to man
The very ones that He had made

His purpose was for the Father
His Daddy, Abba, and ours too
He had to show us gracefully
For our hearts were hard towards Him

But always as a Father
He disciplined us His sons
With rods at times He corrects us
But always in His perfect love

Now Jesus showed us Sonship
How our Father is and ever was
Waiting for His children
To be and act as sons

The Veil at His death was parted
Opening the way to His Holiest Place
For sons need to approach their Father
Since He for us did come

To draw us near as His beloved
The beloved of His own heart
As His Spirit works in us daily
To conform us to the perfect One

Set apart by Him who is Holy
Filled with the fullness of His love
No room for vain thinking
But all consumed by His perfectness

Yield to His gentle dealings
Resist not His call to draw near
His Holy work to minister
Deep in your inner man

To make you just like Jesus
Abba has but One Son
But many are His members
Who are joined perfectly to His Head!