Sample Star, Song Child
A SONG
Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy,
"Do you hear what I hear?"
A song, a song, high above the tree,
With a voice as big as the sea.
What would we do without music to express our deep feelings? Like laughing together over some happy remembrance, like clapping or jumping up and down because of something that impressed or pleased, like a hug expressing warmth and love – songs sound out to express our joy and our sadness, our prayers and our praise.
All around the world this Christmas Eve Christians are doing what we are doing – gathering in houses dedicated to God's glory and singing the great Christmas hymns and carols. It's the most appropriate thing for us to do on Christmas Eve – for in doing this we are echoing what happened that first Christmas night. What was the angels' song? "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will to men."
Their singing was their expression of praise to God for doing what only God would think of doing. They were more than just messengers of Good News. Their singing expressed their wonder at the great love of their Creator. They could hardly imagine a love so great as to lead him to reach out to sinful people like us to draw us back again into a living relationship with him – and to do this by sending his Son to become one of us, to be born of a virgin Mother, to live as our Brother, and to suffer and die in atonement for our sins. You see, the holy angels have never experienced the wonder of being surprised by God's gracious forgiveness. That wonderful experience is reserved for sinners like us. But Peter tells us that "the angels long to look into these things." And from their special vantage point on that holy night long ago, the holy angels looked, and they recognized and appreciated the wonder of it all – and joyfully sang their songs of praise.
The song of the angels had a message for all of us: "Peace on earth, goodwill to men." It amplified what the angel had announced to the shepherds and what the Bible still proclaims to us: "Do not fear. I bring you good news of great joy, which shall be to all people: To you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, Christ the Lord!"
Do you hear what I hear? Do you hear the song? It says you and I are included in the salvation of our God. If you haven't really heard it that way, let the little lamb and the shepherd boy join the Word of God in teaching it to you tonight. Then, believing and celebrating, you can join in singing your praise to your Savior. And, like the angels, you will be happy to sing it also for others to hear.
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