This hymn is guaranteed to be sung in many,
many churches on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. It is the call to come
and worship on Christmas. "Come let us adore Him, Christ our
Lord."
When I hear this son, the question I find myself asking is "what do I adore?" I
adore my wife. She is fantastic, smart, beautiful, funny, real, caring
and so much more. It is a very special
adoration.
I also adore my kids. They are unique, funny, caring, smart and helpful. I want the best for them. I want them to grow
up to be able to totally live the life they are designed to live. I adore
them in a very different way than I adore my wife.
Merriam Webster defines adoration as "feelings of strong love or affection." In
light of that definition, I can look back and see how many different
things and people I have adored. Most of them were not good ideas--like adoration of money, pleasure, drinking, you get the
idea. I've learned not everything I have adored is worthy of adoration.
That is what makes the call to adore Jesus so life changing. God is worthy
of our adoration. He created us in the image of himself. He created
this world. He gives us the choice to adore him or not to adore
him. We were made to have strong feelings of love or affection--sometimes
those feelings get misdirected. We are called to adoration. Come
let us adore Him.
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