What Makes a Man a Man A man becomes a man when he adopts a manly way
By taking full possession of each word he has to say
When faced with circumstances he would rather not be in
He chooses not to take a path that leads his soul to sin
Nor does he want in anyway to let his life to be
An influence to lead someone to lose integrity
To lose their hold upon the One Who gives eternal life
The only True Example in this world of pain and strife
For when a man becomes a man as God meant him to be
A man who seeks the will of God and not iniquity
His life becomes a journey to be like God's perfect Son
Reflective of His image that they two might be as one
To show the world the Father through the Spirit as before
When Christ walked here among us as a man and so much more
For though He held divinity within His soul as well
He sought the Spirit as we must to know what He must tell
The ones who walked beside Him whom He met along the way
Who longed to have His presence always with them everyday
To hear the words of heaven as He stopped with them to speak
His words that brought encouragement when they were frail and weak
To feel the Father's power that would fill and flood their soul
That would through His compassion make their broken spirits whole
And give to them a vision of what He would have them be
A member of His Kingdom on His throne eternally
Because they saw in Him what every man should want to be
That truly makes a man a man right now in history
One who reflects the Father and the Son Who sets us free
Not him who is the source of all our pain and misery
And only as we daily by submission come to Him
Through prayerful meditation in His Word be one like them
Who walked this world before us as His light to show the Way
To those who walk in darkness longing for eternal day
And only as we give the reins of passion self and pride
To Him Who won the victory when on the cross He died
Can we adopt the title as a man who walks with God
Because we walk by faith not sight in every path we trod
Mark 8:34-38; 10:17-23; Ephesians 6:10-18