O come all ye faithful... every day

Week 17

My favorite Christmas song is O, Come All Ye Faithful. Hands down.

Lets just talk about this for a minute.

O come all ye faithful. That's us. I think... are we? Are we faithful?

I know you all know the refrain... O come let us adore him.

Over and over we sing this. It is plea to let us come. We are so unworthy of his love and his presence on earth that we find ourselves begging to adore him. Other renditions include additional refrains... I like to combine all of them:

O come let us adore him. We'll praise his name forever. For he alone is worthy. They all fit so seamlessly together. Once we decide to adore him, we realize our necessity to praise his name forever because he alone is worthy. Isn't that the truth? Forever. Every day of our lives... not just on Christmas or Christmas Eve.

And then there's this verse:

Child, for us sinners poor and in the manger,

we would embrace thee with love and awe

Who would not love thee, loving us so dearly? O come let us adore him...

Poor and in the manger. THAT'S US! At least I can say for certain that that's me. He came to save us sinners. Who wouldn't love the one who loved us enough to save us? Christmas is not about snow, it is not about giving, and it is not even about family. It is about the birth of the fulfillment of God's promise to his people... Jesus. poor and in the manger. Through this promise we can know true love and true life. It all starts with HIM. It all starts Today. But it only just starts today. 

That is something to celebrate. This glorious day is only the beginning. How lucky is that! If we lived every day of our lives begging to adore Christ, I think our lives would look different. Mine would.

That's what O come all ye faithful means.

Jesus fulfills the promise of truth, love, and redemption. We need to be faithful, adore him, and praise him forever.

Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay

Close by me forever and love me I pray. 

Merry Christmas!