For the last few days I’ve been listening to The Tenors’ version of O Come All Ye Faithful on repeat – I must have listened to it at least 30 times (probably more). I absolutely love this song. There is one word that I change every time I sing this song though.
I do my best to hold things of this world with a loose grip. All of it will go when I move on to be with our Lord so it doesn’t make a whole lotta sense to hold things with a firm grip. Sometimes, things of the world come along that I want to hold onto tightly and I must do many course-corrections (sometimes winning, sometimes losing) but I do my best to keep my sights set on the vertical rather than the horizontal.
The one thing I want to hold with an extremely tight grip is the gospel, knowing that since I’ve acccepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and saviour, and that I follow God and do my best to obey Him and all of the biblical commands He has layed forth in Scripture, I rest (more on this below) assured knowing I will be with Him for an eternity.
“Rest” is an interesting word – some may read this as sitting back on my laurels, believing that I don’t have to do anything – no, not at all.
- Hebrews 4:14: “let us hold firmly to the faith we profess”
- Philippians 2:12: “continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling”
I do find utter and complete assurance in the promises of God – that’s something I can take to the bank any day of the week.
I’m not sure if John Francis Wade (the composer) chose to write “the Lord” rather than “our Lord” knowing that non-Cristians would be singing this.
The lyrics, and even the title “Come all ye faithful” doesn’t jive if this was written with non-Christians in mind. In Scripture, faithful people are dependable in fulfilling their responsibilities and carrying out their word – and faithfulness is a fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22 (“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”).
So, when I sing this song, a song that touches my heart deeply, I sing “O come let us adore Him, Christ our Lord” … and in singing that, I’m holding onto Christ our Lord with a strong, grip, a grip that says “you are my Lord, don’t leave me, I rely on you and your faithfulness” … the word our also says, yes (!!!) our Lord is relatable.
My hope and prayer for this Christmas season is that many more people will come to know the Lord, so that they can join Christians around the world as we say, sing, and praise “our Lord”.
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