INVASION
Father, thank You for bringing me to this place and this time today. I ask You to speak to me right now, and to let Your Word breathe life into my heart. Please use these next few moments to bring me to more of a fullness of You and to learn more of Your Glory and how to leave the footprints of Jesus everywhere I go today. In Jesus Name I pray. Amen!
Read Luke 2:8-15
Silent Night, Holy Night,
All is calm, all is bright,
Round yon virgin, mother and child,
Holy Infant so tender and mild…
Silent Night, hymn number 89 in the 1975 Edition Baptist Hymnal, was my favorite Christmas song when I was young. So much so, that I knew the hymn number without checking it to make sure I was right. Every once in awhile, at the small Southern Baptist Church I attended, we would have Sunday evening services in which we just sang various hymns, and the congregation would get to choose the songs. No matter the time of year, I usually wanted to sing this song.
As I have grown older and matured in my faith, I have started to realize how scripturally wrong this song is. To start with, nothing about this particular night was silent. First of all, you have angels appearing and shouting out praises to God. That does not sound very silent to me. Also in verse 13, Luke says the angels are a company. He uses a military term to describe them. He is saying they are there prepared for war. I am not sure about you, but to me, a gathering of angels explained in military phraseology, does not mesh well with the idea of quietness and stillness. No, this night was neither calm nor silent. It was holy! It was special! It was much more of an invasion, than a peaceful event.
As I think about this, and examine life; especially where I am currently, I start to realize just great the spiritual warfare is that is going on all around us. My encouragement for you today is to remember you are following Jesus through battle as you leave His footprints.
Leave His footprints as you walk today!
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