Music Monday– Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus

I decided to share Christmas songs for the month of December. This is not a song that I grew up with but one that I came across when researching Christmas carols. I really like it! During research, I learned that Charles Wesley was inspired by Haggai 2:7 “And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.”

Christmas as a holiday has waxed and waned through the years. Even some Christian groups fought to ban it in history. In the present day, it’s become an emblem for consumerism and rushed, dysfunctional family gatherings judging by recent holiday films. Most Christians do not believe that Jesus was actually born on December 25, but it’s worth commemorating His birth at some point. That, I think, is the heart of this song.

We remember that God in human form came as a baby. He grew into a man and suffered humanity all to redeem us. He brought us freedom through His sacrifice and grace. What a paradox to be a king and suffer such indignity!

Still, some reject this message, just as they always have. However, one day, there will be no more questions. Then, all nations will shake and glory in Jesus Christ!

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2:5-11