The song that ended last week's post spoke of a great God who came to earth to save created man. No where else do you see that. If you look at the fantastical gods of the Greeks and Romans and other early civilisations, never do the gods show unbound love toward mortal man. Never do you see the gods sacrifice themselves for an erroneous man. You do see the gods passing (often times skewed) judgement on man. In essence, all gods of past civilisations had very man-like characteristics, and never would man show unbounded, sacrificial love. Hence, the beautiful history of the Creator-God weaving His redemption plan for fallen man stands out.
"Light of the world/ You stepped out into darkness/ opened my eyes, let me see/ beauty that made this heart adore You/ hope of a life spent with You...King of all days/ oh so highly exalted/ glorious in heaven above/ humbly You came to the earth You created/ all for love's sake became poor...I'll never know how much it cost/ to see my sin upon that cross..."*
Have you tried to fathom the enormity of God's sacrifice? How about the fact that the shepherds, the dirtiest, grimiest workers, were with in a short, measurable distance of the God of glory? As the lyrics of the previous post's last song goes "...His infant eyes have seen the dawn of time...His ears have heard an angel's symphony, but still Mary had to rock her Savior to sleep."
Here are two more Christmas songs, both sung by Michael Card. "Immanuel," and "Joseph's Song." I highly recommend them.
*Here I am to Worship
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