Do
You Hear What I Hear?
Said
the little lamb to the shepherd boy.
Do
you hear what I hear,
ringing
through the sky, shepherd boy,
Do
you hear what I hear,
a
song, a song, high above the trees,
With
a voice as big as the sea,
With
a voice as big as the sea.
And
so goes the lyrics of a classic version of a favorite Christmas
carol. The inspired thought is that all creation herald the birth of
God's greatest gift to mankind. The little lamb in the stable depicts
the lowly birth of the King. The glorious news would not be concealed
in the humble stable but has become a universal message of hope. The
Good News, first proclaimed by the glorious host of heaven, embraced
by the common shepherd in the field and spread abroad by them as they
went, has become the message to all people. A song trumpeted “high
above the trees” resounding to the throne of heaven, “with a
voice as big as the sea.” The song goes forth with such a
thunderous roar, “with a voice as big as the sea,” that all other
songs cease to exist for His voice condemns them to silence.
This
is the message of Christmas! The message has echoed across history
for over 2000 years. The message of celebration for the gift of God's
only begotten Son given for the salvation of man. We have been given
an enormous, undeserved gift. Let us not spurn the grace of God by
rejecting His mercy. That is the song that the angels sang “the day
that Truth came to live among us.”
May
your Christmas be filled with reverent awe and hear His “voice as
big as the sea!”
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