SHOULD WE SING CHRISTMAS CAROLS…….

CHRISTMAS HAS COME…..BUT NOT GONE. Let us not pack up the spirit and message of Christmas, as we do with the Christmas Trees the tinsel and other decorations,…for another year.
We sang Carols, because we know the music score by heart….but did we actually read , understand and mean whatever we sang? I hope in God we have.
“Joy to the world, the Lord is come.” That is what we all sang, over and over again, among other carols. THIS is the reason for all the joy, for all the singing, for all the feastings, for all the parties, for all the organized lunches and dinners, for all the street decorations, BECAUSE “the Lord is come.”
As the well-known Carol says, the world is rejoicing because the Lord has come, as our king. THAT is a very good reason to REJOICE. But can we recall from our study of History of any king or queen, for that matter, whose reign lasted for only twenty four hours? Yes, there is a king whose reign lasts for only one single day…for some, unfortunately, Jesus reigns as a king, ONLY for that particular day of Christmas.

Let us all be faithful subjects of our king, Jesus Christ, not just for one particular day in the calendar, the 25th of December. Let us be faithful….as many are.. throughout the years, every single day, every single minute and every second of our life. Let us feel proud of being subjects of such a King, a unique King, for HE is a King and a Saviour. No earthly king was ever acclaimed to be a saviour. Jesus is the one and only King and Saviour, the word JESUS means just that, SAVIOUR. Look up the History pages of any country in the world, you will not find any monarch who was acclaimed to be a monarch and a saviour.

The reason why we sang, “O Silent Night, O Holy Night.” Silent, because when two hearts meet, no words are needed, the hearts speak in silence. We know the reason for singing Holy, because it is a sacred, a holy night, when the meeting with our Baby King and Saviour took place.

For this reason the Saints and Angels sing. That is what we have sung and pleaded the fields, the floods, the rocks, the hills and the plains to repeat and re-echo the sounding joy. This is what we have sung and prayed; that all nations may prove the glories of HIS righteousness, and the wonders of HIS love.

We have sung in a loud voice, loud and clear, so that all might hear, and attend to our pleas; that there might be no more sins and sorrows amongst us, no thorns to infest the ground, from where wheat and the vine might grow, so that HE might come, spread HIS blessings and remove the curse.

HE did give proof, if proof was ever needed, of HIS integrity and love, of HIS righteousness. THIS is the reason why we sang “REJOICE”. Let US be like the stars, the millions of stars, mentioned in the carol, that twinkle in the clear night sky, with every twinkle we send a message, loud and clear, “Blessed be God”, “Blessed be God”, “Blessed be God.”
May the Christmas spirit, the Christmas Message remain with us all, through the years to come till that day when face to face with HIM, we can sing in glory;
“Joy to the world, the Lord is come…for us.”

Otherwise it makes absolutely NO sense singing, or sending cards and messages with the words: “I wish you a Merry Christmas”. A blessed, daily, Christmas to each and every one till the day we meet our King and Saviour in paradise.