December 21, 2025
Christmas Carols
for Eternity
You will say in that day: “I will give thanks to you, O
Lord, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, that you might comfort me. “Behold,
God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he
has become my salvation.” With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. And you will say in that
day: “Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name,
make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim
that his name is exalted. “Sing praises to the Lord,
for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in
all the earth. Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of
Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”
I S A I A H 1 2 : 1 - 6
Advent and Christmas afford us the opportunity to sing some
of the church’s greatest hymns. These songs are a glimpse of
that glorious chorus we’ll join when Christ comes again. His
first coming most certainly gave us reason to sing! For Jesus
came in blessing to pay for our sins on the cross, shedding his
blood to satisfy the wrath of God. He turned God’s anger away
from us by taking it upon himself, and in exchange, gave us the
comfort of forgiveness and reconciliation with God (v. 1).
With God’s anger gone, we have no reason to fear. Fear
leads to silence. You try to hide from what frightens you, because you don’t want to capture any attention. But there is
nothing to fear from God on account of Jesus’ incarnation and
passion. The Lord God is now our song that we sing! (v. 2)
Imagine going Christmas caroling through your neighborhood. After you ring the doorbell of each home, the residents
are delighted by your presence. In fact, they are prepared for
you before you even arrive. They have cookies and cocoa waiting as they invite you to their home for holiday cheer.
God’s love for our singing is like that. He hears our song
and opens the doors with joy and delight, which only drives us
to sing more from the joy in our hearts! Have you ever noticed
how much we sing when we go to the Lord’s Supper? There are songs before in preparation for the meal, songs sung during
the reception, and songs as we conclude the service. Songs of
faith, hope, and love. Songs of joy for the gifts of Christ’s body
and blood placed on our lips. Lips that take, eat, and cannot be
stopped from singing! God has welcomed you into his home
with gifts to give! How can we keep from singing?
That song of praise will know no end. When Christ comes
again, we will join with all the resurrected saints and the armies
of angels in our eternal home, singing praises to our Lord. “For
he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth!”
(v. 5) Make it known in the earth indeed - perhaps you can even
start in your neighborhood with Christmas caroling.
ALMIGHTY FATHER, KEEP ME SINGING YOUR PRAISES WITH
THE SAINTS IN YOUR CHURCH HERE ON EARTH,
AND EVENTUALLY IN OUR ETERNAL HOME. AMEN.
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