Silent Night...
Silent night, holy night…. Christ the savior is born….
Silent
Night.
I love the silent night hymn…
Loads of adjectives describe
a silent night; a night that is dead, sullen, inaudible, awful, deathlike,
solemn, tongue tied, hushed, and mute... but Christ was born right in the midst
of that silence and darkness, to bring light and hope to the world.As much as we called it a silent night... O, what a Holy night it turned out to be.
We go through silent nights
sometimes… But when we do, when we face the silence life throws at us, when its
not only silent, but dark… that’s not the moment to loose hope, to fade into
the darkness and be weighed down by it. that’s the time to rejoice, because the
silence of the darkness is the perfect time for Christ to come. For His light
to show forth in our lives and the sound of rejoicing to burst forth at the joy
He brings. It's a Holy night for you.
What’s silent in your life
right now? The world has cast a silent night spell in various ways… from wars
and rumors of wars, terrorism and financial crisis enough to marinate a blend
of hopelessness and despair in the hearts of all men… including believers. What
silent night situation has left you inaudible, unable to respond to life and
the questions of your worth and ability to survive, that has left you
deathlike… moving through as a living dead, looking alive on the outside but so
dead in hopelessness on the inside?
Whatever it is, however deep
that you can’t even express yourself… now is the time to rejoice, because
Christ the savior is born into that silence. Rejoice because the King is among
you, He lives in you… He paid the perfect price for your light to shine ever
bright, through the darkness of the world. He paid the price by coming down to
earth on that silent dark night… so that you can overcome every other dark
silent night that comes.
Rejoice, because Christ the
savior is here for you, the darkness is your assurance that your light has
come, so rejoice… see Christ in the midst of it and rise up from the ashes.
How do you rejoice? How do
you see Christ the King that was born for you? By meditating on His goodness
and His love for you.
"For God loved the world so much that he gave his one
and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have
eternal life.” John 3:16
You can’t perish, you are not allowed
to perish in the deep silence of the night, because God loves you so much and
Christ has come for you. See His love and break the silence in your voice
of rejoicing… praise and worship and
you’ll rise in the brightness of the morning glory.
“For the LORD is good. His unfailing love continues forever,
and his faithfulness continues to each generation” Psalm 100:5
His unfailing love for you continues
forever… it does not stop… it is a continuous flow, like a river and it goes
beyond forever… to eternity. Nothing can separate you from that love, and
that’s your assurance that surely He’s got you in the dark and He will not
leave you or forsake you there.
Meditate on the blood
sacrifice on that cross that qualifies you for a life of eternal light, not
just in heaven beyond but here on earth.
Christ was born in the silence
of the night, to give you a voice of rejoicing in the light of His Glory all
the days of your life.
Cheer up, He was born so no silent
night can ever shut you up and make you inaudible… speak out the love of God
for you… nothing can separate you from that love… see that love… and see it
with the eyes of a trusting child and see that indeed your Father is there for
you and you have conquered the world and life and all the darkness it throws
your way. You are victorious and you are full of life. You have jubilee in the
midst of the recession. You hear of evil and even if you dwell in the midst of it
all, it cannot and will not drown you in it’s darkness. You are walking in
fire, but its not consuming you and you are walking through it (Isaiah 43:2)… and
you don’t even smell of smoke, you don’t smell like what you’ve been through,
because light drowns out every darkness. …
The righteous person may have many troubles, but the LORD
delivers him from them all;
he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken. Psalm 34:19-20
It says God delivers you from all the
troubles… all the dark nights and when he does, not one of your bones will
scale through broken… he protects it all… meaning, no scars… you don’t smell of
the smoke, of the darkness. You come out into the light scot-free.
Silent night? Well that’s
perfect for the light to come... it's a Holy night!
O Holy Night! The stars are brightly shining,
It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining.
Till He appeared and the Spirit felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices!
O night divine, the night when Christ was born;
O night, O Holy Night , O night divine!
O night, O Holy Night , O night divine!
O, Holy Night.It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining.
Till He appeared and the Spirit felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices!
O night divine, the night when Christ was born;
O night, O Holy Night , O night divine!
O night, O Holy Night , O night divine!
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