Come!

Bells are ringing and hearts are singing, but the spirit yearns for more.  Gifts are wrapped and trees are trimmed, but the soul is not satisfied.  There is a longing that resonates beyond words deep within the reservoir of every human alive.  It's a call unlike any other, for it's a commission from the highest ranking official ever, King Jesus.  Can you hear it?  The voice that sounds like many rushing waters is speaking your name.  He calls out to you in the midst of the chaos and invites you to come.  Do you hear Him? 

Come and rest, all ye who are weary and heavy-laden.  Come and drink deeply all ye who are thirsty.  Come and eat all ye who hunger.  Come and sit at the sweet feet that once bore the spikes pierced by love.  Come and gaze upon the eyes of fire that never shut or grow dim or weary.  Come away with me my beloved.  Can you hear Him?  Oh we sing of that call, we long for that kind of commissioning; "Oh come let us adore Him, come and worship Christ the King."  Do you hear Him?  Thus the beauty of Christmas unfolds before our flesh-laden eyes.  And He tenderly speaks ever so loudly with a simple request:  Come and just be.

When we cease to stop doing and simply be, worship overtakes our being.  Absolute royalty, King Jesus, choosing to be born amidst the stench of a stable:  May our praises rise as a fragrant love offering before you today O Lord.  The pure and spotless One, slaughtered like a lamb for my sin, on a cross that bore no dignity or respect:  May we lay down everything and not waste one precious drop of your blood Jesus.  And the One who was beaten beyond recognition laid to rest in a tomb, risen and reigning victoriously over all the earth:  May your glory King Jesus fill the earth like the waters fill the seas!  Have your glory King of glory!

There is no other call I'd rather answer.  Come away my beloved.  Oh come let us adore Him.  Let us worship Christ the King.  Do you hear Him?  Silence yourselves.  Be still and know that He is God.  He still calls.  His love beckons us deeply.  He still speaks.  Do you hear Him?  May the deepest yearnings of your heart be consumed by the presence of the One who invites you to come...