I can’t believe another Christmas is upon us. How time flies! Christmas is such a very special time of the year. I love it. I love it because of the affect it has on people. You see kindness, warmth, joy, and so much more. But there are those who relate more with Ebenezer Scrooge that with those who are enjoying the Christmas season. Why? I think I know the answer. They can’t answer the best Christmas trivia today. It is found in one of my favorite Christmas carols…Do You Hear What I Hear? The song begins with “Said the wind to the little lamb…” and ends with “The child will bring us goodness and light.” But in the middle of the song is the trivia questions.
“Do you see what I see” was the first question asked. The answer is the STAR. The wonder of wonders. Isaiah said, “For unto you us a child is born, unto us a son is given…” (Isa. 9:6). The star was a proclamation that God so loved the world that he gave us His Son to bare the sins of man. Luke tells us “For unto you is born this day, in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:11).
The second question asked in the song was from the lamb to little shepherd boy. “Do you hear what I hear?” What did hear? The same thing that everyone who has received the message of the star – a SONG sung in the night and there is no night darker than the night of sin that engulfs a world without Jesus. The angels sung the song when Jesus was born for it is recorded in the Christmas story found in Luke chapter 2:13 “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward men”. Every Christmas carol brings to mind the wonderful song of truth of a Savior born to men.
The third and last question in the Christmas trivia is from the little shepherd to the king. He asked, “Do you know what I know?” This question was offered to the king by a lowly shepherd boy. That little boy asked his king a this question to ascertain if he had heard the message of the Savior being born. This reminds me that no matter your position in life, whether a shepherd boy or king, the gospel is a treasure entrusted to those who have believed to share and a hope to those who haven’t received Jesus from boy to king.
What did the king do? He told in his kingdom to listen to what he had to say…”this child brings us goodness and light”. Maybe the remedy for a Scrooge Christmas is right there in this beautiful carol. See the love of God in sending His Son as the Savior of the world, and then hear the message of gospel and letting God put a song in their soul and thirdly, know this Redeemer of man on a personal level through the salvation experience. It is my belief that if this were to happen, we would see and hear more people saying “Merry Christmas” because it would be their message of Christmas to all that Jesus is the reason for the season.
MERRY CHRISTMAS….and thank you little shepherd boy.
Bro. Glenn