The Advent season is upon us. The season where we begin to turn and look to our Savior's coming.
I've decided to do a mini blog Christmas series on some of my favorite Christmas carols. O Holy Night is my first one.
Sometimes we get lost in the complicated words and the pretty tune that we miss the weight of the words we sing.
The Weary World
The World, so weary. The world, longing, anticipating redemption. The hearts, waiting for something, anything to break the system of sacrifice and fear and guilt. The hearts waiting for the day when they would see their Savior face to face. The people walking admist the Valley of Baca (The Valley of Weeping), blessed as they make it a place of springs, a place of Hope. (Psalm 84:6) The Valley where they pilgrimage to the place of their forefathers, the city of Refuge, to meet their God.
The Heart, so weary.
A Thrill of Hope
Maybe the star shining brightly. Or the serenity of the evening. Or the fact that they've waited so long for restoration. But it's there. A thrill of Hope. The whole world can feel it, in light of a baby. In light of the change in the atmosphere. The prophecies coming true, the words of ancient times pointing to the Time of Redemption. Pointing to the Savior. A thrill of Hope, the weary world rejoices.
Till He Appeared and The soul felt His worth
Years would pass before they realized the importance of the sacred night. But He came. Jesus came forth as a baby in a womb and grew in strength and wisdom. And the weary hearts began to feel His worth. Each footprint He placed in the sand he was bringing the story of redemption. He was bringing the joy of abundant life. He was bringing the Kingdom, the perfect, peace and joy filled Kingdom, to the weary world.
Fall On Your Knees
Fall on your knees, in thanksgiving. Fall on your knees as you cast your sins and fears and brokenness at the feet of the One who can change it all.
Fall on your knees in humility. As you realize how short you have fallen, your sacrifices cannot measure up. Fall on your knees as you grasp the knees of your Savior whose Sacrifice is enough. Fall on your knees as you meet the One who silences all your questions and fears with the statement, "I AM."
O Holy Night
The night that adjectives fail to describe happened for me. When the Son of God was sent to a virgin's womb. The night when God Himself laid in a manger, when God in holy humility came to take on the sins of the world. When God chose to walk this earth to demonstrate how life was meant to be lived.
For us today, we have a thrill of Hope because our Hope is Here. Our Hope is walking with us, we have a thrill of life because we have learned how to Live. We have learned how to love.
Today, our soul's can feel His worth when we read of who He was, but more importantly when we walk beside Him. Jesus appeared to take your weary heart and turn it towards His Own, so that you would fall on your knees and feel the depth of His Worth. Yes, it was a holy night, but isn't every night? Isn't every night just as sacred when we are in humbly awed by the beauty of our Savior who appeared in the Valley of Baca for us?
I alluded to the Valley earlier. But the Valley of Baca was the Valley before the cities of refuge. The Valley before reaching the Lord. Jesus appeared to walk the Valley of Baca with us, and that is how in Psalm 84:6, we can turn the Valley of weeping and the desert into a place of springs. Because our weary hearts have seen Jesus' value. And we have chosen to walk in this O Holy Night every day.
O Holy Night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our dear Savior's birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
'Til He appeared and the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our dear Savior's birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
'Til He appeared and the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees O hear the angels voices.
O night divine O night when Christ was born
O night divine, O night, O night divine.
O night divine O night when Christ was born
O night divine, O night, O night divine.
Sometimes we get lost in the complicated words and the pretty tune that we miss the weight of the words we sing.
The Weary World
The World, so weary. The world, longing, anticipating redemption. The hearts, waiting for something, anything to break the system of sacrifice and fear and guilt. The hearts waiting for the day when they would see their Savior face to face. The people walking admist the Valley of Baca (The Valley of Weeping), blessed as they make it a place of springs, a place of Hope. (Psalm 84:6) The Valley where they pilgrimage to the place of their forefathers, the city of Refuge, to meet their God.
The Heart, so weary.
A Thrill of Hope
Maybe the star shining brightly. Or the serenity of the evening. Or the fact that they've waited so long for restoration. But it's there. A thrill of Hope. The whole world can feel it, in light of a baby. In light of the change in the atmosphere. The prophecies coming true, the words of ancient times pointing to the Time of Redemption. Pointing to the Savior. A thrill of Hope, the weary world rejoices.
Till He Appeared and The soul felt His worth
Years would pass before they realized the importance of the sacred night. But He came. Jesus came forth as a baby in a womb and grew in strength and wisdom. And the weary hearts began to feel His worth. Each footprint He placed in the sand he was bringing the story of redemption. He was bringing the joy of abundant life. He was bringing the Kingdom, the perfect, peace and joy filled Kingdom, to the weary world.
Fall On Your Knees
Fall on your knees, in thanksgiving. Fall on your knees as you cast your sins and fears and brokenness at the feet of the One who can change it all.
Fall on your knees in humility. As you realize how short you have fallen, your sacrifices cannot measure up. Fall on your knees as you grasp the knees of your Savior whose Sacrifice is enough. Fall on your knees as you meet the One who silences all your questions and fears with the statement, "I AM."
O Holy Night
The night that adjectives fail to describe happened for me. When the Son of God was sent to a virgin's womb. The night when God Himself laid in a manger, when God in holy humility came to take on the sins of the world. When God chose to walk this earth to demonstrate how life was meant to be lived.
For us today, we have a thrill of Hope because our Hope is Here. Our Hope is walking with us, we have a thrill of life because we have learned how to Live. We have learned how to love.
Today, our soul's can feel His worth when we read of who He was, but more importantly when we walk beside Him. Jesus appeared to take your weary heart and turn it towards His Own, so that you would fall on your knees and feel the depth of His Worth. Yes, it was a holy night, but isn't every night? Isn't every night just as sacred when we are in humbly awed by the beauty of our Savior who appeared in the Valley of Baca for us?
I alluded to the Valley earlier. But the Valley of Baca was the Valley before the cities of refuge. The Valley before reaching the Lord. Jesus appeared to walk the Valley of Baca with us, and that is how in Psalm 84:6, we can turn the Valley of weeping and the desert into a place of springs. Because our weary hearts have seen Jesus' value. And we have chosen to walk in this O Holy Night every day.
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