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.

Do you hear what I hear? I hear that song but there is another which has taken on a new priority in recent days. Acts 1:11, “...this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.” Just as all the players executed their roles in Christ’s birth and First Coming, the players are taking the stage to execute their roles in His Second Coming. The Voice of God comes thundering through His servants, “a song, a song, high above the trees, with a voice as big as the sea.” The message will go into all the earth, then the end will come.

Do you hear? Can you hear? Open your heart and experience the glory of this season! Be ready Jesus can come at any moment. Luke 24:42, “Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.”