Come, Let Us Adore Him

There are three things that are stately in their stride,four that move with stately bearing:a lion, mighty among beasts,who retreats before nothing;a strutting rooster, a he-goat,and a king with his army around him.

Proverbs 30:29-31 (NIV)

Stately is “a manner that is graceful and yet weighty and dignified.” It is the picture of strength under control. The lion stands above the rest.

On this Christmas day let’s remember that the baby born in a manger was really a lion king. He was and is the Lion of the tribe of Judah in disguise. The eternal King of the universe chose to humble himself and become humanly confined to that little body. Immanuel—such an amazing title. Do you know what it means? “God with us.” It was God in that manger so small and yet so stately.

Let’s read the words of that wonderful song “Mary, Did You Know?”

Mary, did you know that your baby boy will give sight to the blind man?

Mary, did you know that your baby boy will calm a storm with his hand?

Did you know that your baby boy has walked where angels trod?

And when you kiss your little baby, you have kissed the face of God?

Merry Christmas. May you know that your Lion King became weak so you could be made strong. Now that is a King who was and is stately.

Make It Personal . . . Live It Out!

That first Christmas day there were many who had no idea that the King of the universe was near. They were busy, they were distracted. We, too, can get so caught up in all the busyness of this Christmas day and entirely shut him out.

Before the day is over, will you slip away to a quiet spot? Will you bow your head and even get on your knees if you can? Will you still your heart and let the words of another Christmas song invite you into his presence?

O come, let us adore him.

O come, let us adore him.

O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.

One Year Bible Reading

Zechariah 8:1-23; Revelation 16:1-21; Psalm 144:1-15; Proverbs 30:29-31