This week I heard a beautiful Christmas poem. It went as you imagine most Christmas poems do. In fact, I have to confess, I was only listening with half interest. That was until one line was read that challenged me. It was one line that played across the pages of my mind the rest of the day. It was just one little power-packed line that I could not shake. The line simply stated, “May we all find a place to kneel at the manger this Christmas.”
How easy it is to allow the “busyness” of the season to steal away the most precious aspect of Christmas, that quite, humble, peaceful time of personal worship before the King of Kings! A popular Contemporary Christian Christmas song by the group Downhere that is on the airwaves right now is entitled; “How Many Kings.” Here are some of the lyrics:
“Cause how many kings, stepped down from their thrones?
How many lords have abandoned their homes?
How many greats have become the least for me?
How many Gods have poured out their hearts to romance a world that has torn all apart?
How many fathers gave up their sons for me?
Only one did that for me”
May we slow down and remember that no other religion in the entire world makes the claim of Christianity. Only the One, True, God of the Bible left His throne to be born of a young Jewish virgin that He Himself created. The Creator became a part of His own creation. He left the praises of the angels for the ridicule and rejection of man. He traded the pleasure of a throne for a rough, rugged cross. He exchanged tears of joy for tears of sorrow. Why? He did it all for You! He did it all for Me!
The King of Glory became our Sacrificial Lamb to offer us Eternal Salvation.
Your Christmas calendar may be busy, but I pray that it isn’t too busy to stop and kneel at the manger and give the King of Glory the love and adoration that He so deserves.
