Advent Devotional - December 8, 2016

“O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant / O come ye, o come ye to Bethlehem / Come and behold Him, born the king of angels / O come let us adore Him”

-O Come All Ye Faithful

Just imagine how it must have felt to be one of the shepherds on the night of Christ’s birth. A multitude of angels appearing would alone have been a spectacle. But to witness them, in all their magnificence, announcing and worshipping a newborn’s birth was more than that. It was glorious and captivating – so much so that the shepherds could not help but go and see the good news for themselves.

This stanza is an invitation. It invites us, a people who could only be considered “faithful” through the birth and blood of Jesus, to join the shepherds. Like them, we get to come and behold the baby in a manger who was sovereign over even the angels. Because he was born, we can we adequately present ourselves to worship God faithfully, joyfully, and triumphantly.

Advent is a season for celebrating Christ’s first coming and yearning for the day He comes again. Let’s be a church that spends this season beholding the birth of Christ and adoring our King: the King of angels, the King of kings, the King of glory.