King Forever

“We Three Kings” is one of my favorite Christmas songs. 2 verses in particular which I’d like to share here we so often sing without thinking of what is being said, but these particular words always grab me.

Born a babe on Bethlehem’s plain;
Gold we bring to crown Him again;
King forever, ceasing never,
Over us all to reign.

Glorious now behold Him arise;
King and God and sacrifice;
Alleluia, Alleluia,
Sounds through the earth and skies.

It’s Christmas time yet again, we get to celebrate the birth of Jesus. What a privilege that we actually get to celebrate it. I know it’s hard for me to remember that sometimes: that there are people who are not allowed to celebrate Jesus’ birth. And for those of us that are — we seem to want to celebrate giving crap-loads of stuff instead.
This Christmas, for me at least, is filled with a lot of things that I don’t know how to deal with. About the only thing I feel like I know right now is that God is gracious and merciful, and that He will accomplish His purposes. So, this Christmas I want to celebrate Jesus - King, God, and sacrifice. Amazing God.