“Let earth receive her King!”
This famous line from the song “Joy to the World” for me is the best song for
today’s celebration. A King came down to
earth with a purpose in mind – to save the people from their sins. Today we
expected Christmas to be celebrated by most of us through Christmas parties or
what we call reunion where families (usually the whole clan) join together once
a year. From the reading on Luke
2:13-14, I have noticed that the first Christmas was not celebrated by feasting
and parties, but one thing is that there is a worship included in the
celebration. Angels announced Jesus’
birth by proclaiming, “Glory to God in the Highest!”. And the shepherd who witnessed the scene
returned to the field “glorifying and praising God for all the things that they
had heard and seen” Luke 2:20.
What I may ask you today, could you receive the King in
your heart today? Could you receive him and worship him the same thing that the
shepherd did on the first Christmas?
“But as many as received him, to them gave
he power to become sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.”
John 1:12 KJV
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