Welcome to Our World

Recently my wife and I attended a concert which mainly featured songs for the Christmas season. Most of the music was familiar to me, but one of them was new to me and it was a very beautiful song called “Welcome to Our World”. The lyrics are:

Tears are falling, hearts are breaking
How we need to hear from God
You've been promised, we've been waiting
Welcome Holy Child
Welcome Holy Child
Hope that you don't mind our manger
How I wish we would have known
But long-awaited Holy Stranger
Make Yourself at home
Please make Yourself at home
Bring Your peace into our violence
Bid our hungry souls be filled
Word now breaking Heaven's silence
Welcome to our world
Welcome to our world
Fragile finger sent to heal us
Tender brow prepared for thorn
Tiny heart whose blood will save us
Unto us is born
Unto us is born
So wrap our injured flesh around You
Breathe our air and walk our sod
Rob our sin and make us holy
Perfect Son of God
Perfect Son of God
Welcome to our world

I have to tell you, I love this song even though I have only heard it once. Though I love the song I will take one issue with it, this world is not ours, it is His. “This is my Father’s world” and everything in it and on it belongs to him. As a matter of fact you and I belong to him – we are his creation made in his likeness and in his image. My plea this day is simple, live in such a way as to welcome Jesus into your life each day.

You see it is one thing to say, “Welcome to our world” please help us and save us. It is an entirely different thing to welcome the Lord Jesus Christ into your life daily and allow him to move you and work through you to glorify the creator of the world - God the Father. Your daily prayer should be to allow Jesus to control the thoughts of your mind and the words of your mouth and the actions of your hands and to in every way possible help you to present yourself as a living sacrifice to the Father.

In this Christmas season share the Joy of Jesus living in your life with those who are living around you. Encourage everyone to welcome Jesus into their life and celebrate the gift from the Father to the world he created and loves.

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16

Love God. Go Love Others.