The carol / hymn by Charles Wesley, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!” causes my heart to rejoice with every verse. Gladly he came to bear our griefs, cover our disgrace and our sins, This song so greatly depicts how Christ Jesus became poor, so we could be rich,Īnd this songs quickly reminds us, he even did all of this without a twitch! It tells how he emptied himself, though deserving all of the worlds fame,Īs a baby, born with an ordinary name, in a manger to take our shame. The face of God so greatly painted, in his attributes this song proclaims, The words so theologically rich, but the tune catchy enough to match the latest, “Glory be to God”, I’ll tell you, in my opinion is the greatest, Who could’ve known it was under my nose all along? The Sovereign Grace cover is one of my churches favourite songs, The song that I was looking for to my delightful surprise.
I looked and in amazement I saw with my own eyes, What songs were on Prepare Him Room? To know would be sweet, I entreated to, as I accepted my defeat, Though I must be given some grace, come on #ChristmasinSeptember? On the tip of my tongue it stayed as I beseeched my lips to remember. In lengths of time gone by, I searched for my long treasured Christmas carol,īut as time went by I lost hope and accepted my imminent peril, I love “Joy To The World” because it’s a song for all seasons. It suggests, through subtle poetry, creation’s longing for the Second Adam who came and broke the curse.Īnd verse four is expressed in the present tense, but I understand it as looking to the future, when it shall be fully fulfilled: “He rules the world with truth and grace / And makes the nations prove / The glories of His righteousness / And wonders of His love,” “No more let sins and sorrows grow / nor thorns infest the ground / He comes to make His blessings flow / far as the curse is found.” This looks back to the curse. Yes, it starts with the familiar first verse, proclaiming that “the Lord has come.”īut look at verse three. And while it may not be immediately obvious on first glance, this one does tell the whole story. I love songs that unfold a broad portrait of the story of redemption, rather than just capturing one small detail well. But then I started taking time to explain this. Initially, I think some of the church members thought I was just being eccentric. I would break out “Joy To The World” all year it’s my favorite Christmas carol, lyrically. A few years back, I was a church pianist and worship leader.
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