Let us adore him

With Christmas now in our rearview mirror, it is worth remembering that adoring and praising and glorifying God is a powerful and beautiful thing—and the enemy hates it.

You don’t need some special calling or spiritual gifts to be a powerful warrior for the kingdom. Merely do the simple things well and faithfully. Love the Lord your God, adore him in your thoughts, actions and speech. What you see is a gentle and quiet soul. What Satan sees is a squadron of B52s about to carpet bomb his territory. What you see is a Christian who is overcome by the loveliness and gentleness of her God. What Satan sees is a royal delegate safely hidden behind the walls of an impenetrable fortress.

Let the beautiful words of good deep Christmas carols, which we are now putting back in the freezer for another year, capture and transform your affections as they show you true and glorious things about the Lord your God. There are lofty and grand things to be stuck by when considering the infinite God taking on human weakness, but there is also such beautiful simplicity to it. When you set your eyes upon the baby in the manger, you can understand that God really has seen us. That he really knows, that he really cares. That human experience isn’t a meaningless thing, and that time isn’t a mirage. God entered into time, and spent around 33 years showing us how to use it.

Let us adore him. Let us not merely trust in him and obey him, but let us be moved by our affections when we pause to think about him.

We are now at the time when we usher in the New Year. The calendar is not magic, and if you trust January to empower you to do the things that December thwarted, you will be thwarted again. If you plan to set a resolution, you’ll need a firmer foundation than a new page on the calendar. If you plan to become a more courageous and outspoken Christian, a more faithful Christian, you will also find that January will not bring you the motivation and strength you need. But he will. The pre-existent King of Kings, the Great High Priest, the suffering servant, the Lamb of God. He will always be the strength you need, so may he be the cornerstone that gives you foundations in 2022. 

Let us adore him