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Come Let Us Adore Him Devotionals

In celebration of the birth of our Lord, we here at HM thought you all might enjoy a few devotionals centered around some Christmas songs that truly encapsulate the meaning of Christmas. Hopefully these devotionals will revive your spirit during this hectic Christmas season. Enjoy!

"King Of Angels"
–Krystal Meyers w/Josh Brown (Day of Fire)

Devotional by Drew Cline

“Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.’ When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
(Luke 2:13-15 NIV)

When I think of Christmas, I think of a lot of different things – Family, gifts, music, food, vacation, rest, not to mention some of the crazy things about Christmas – Family (those few special ones), travel, buying, returning, and overeating. You name it Christmas is filled with a lot of stuff both good and bad. A few years ago I would have never considered worship to be a major component of Christmas and I guess the truth is, it’s not for most of us. However, in recent years I’ve come to understand the real story of Christmas, not the one with shopping malls and cheesy jazz renditions of carols, but the real story of the birth of Christ over 2000 years ago. It’s ALL about worship! In the scripture above, Luke tells us that a ‘great company’ of angels appeared to the shepherds and praised God saying ‘Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” Later on in the story from the account of Matthew we’re told that a group of Magi (possibly kings or wise men) come to Bethlehem to find this baby king and, before they started the tradition of bearing gifts, they WORSHIPED! Matt. 2:11 says “On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary and they bowed down and worshiped him.” Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.” The only reason that several kings from other countries would travel so far, kneel down before a child and worship or bring such extravagant gifts is that they knew He was the King of Kings and that from the moment he arrived, the world would never be the same. It’s easy to get settled in to this amazing time we call the Christmas season and enjoy the great sentiment and wonderful traditions we share here in America and around the world, but we should be reminded that Christmas is also about worship. Worship of a baby king, whose very life brings hope and joy for ‘His name shall be called Emanuel, meaning ‘God with us’. He came to bring us life and life more abundantly! We celebrate God’s gift of salvation to us in the form of a baby but we should also kneel in worship for He truly is ‘God with Us’ – Jesus –King of Angels!

“O Come All Ye Faithful”
–Josh Brown (Day of Fire)

Devotional by Drew Cline

“Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:
‘Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all people, a light
for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel.’ The child’s father and mother marveled at what was said about him.”
(Luke 2:28-33NIV)

There’s not a very long list of people who actually saw Jesus as a baby. We’ve got those we’re most familiar with like; the shepherds, the Magi (or wisemen), of course Mary and Joseph, but that’s about it. Almost. Luke tells us of a couple of very godly people who were also privileged to witness this baby king. The first is Simeon. We don’t know a whole lot about Simeon but the Bible does tell us that he was a righteous and devout man. It also tells us that Simeon was waiting for the consolation of Israel (or the promised Messiah) and that at one time or another, the Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would see the Christ before he died. We also learn that he was so in touch with the Spirit of God that he even sensed that he should go to the temple courtyard to receive Mary and Joseph as they arrived. The scripture above records what happened when he saw the baby Jesus. Now he could die. After a lifetime of waiting to see the Lord’s Christ, he now felt that his eyes had seen and arms beheld the very savior of the world. Next we learn about an 84-year old widow named Anna. She lived in the temple an estimated 60 years and was very religious. In fact the scripture tells us that she NEVER left the temple but that she worshiped, fasted, and prayed night and day. Luke tells us that she came up to Mary and Joseph and gave thanks to God and from that day on she told everyone looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem about Jesus. When I think about this song “O Come All Ye Faithful”, I can’t help but think of these two. They were devout followers of God, sensitive to the Spirit of God, and faithful to His word, His worship, and to fasting and prayer. We don’t learn a lot about Simeon or Anna but what we do learn is that they were committed to God with their whole lives. What does it mean in our day and time to be faithful to God? How does that look in your walk with Christ? Think about that as you listen to Josh Brown’s version of this amazing old song of worship.

Devotions also inspired by the music on the Come Let Us Adore Him album, available on Essential Records.

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