Adoration

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
Deuteronomy 6:4-7 NKJV

Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
Psalm 95:6 NKJV

Week 4 of Advent. Love and adoration. And perfectly set to music by one of the most popular Christmas carols. In English, it is titled, "O Come All Ye Faithful" or in Latin, "Adeste Fideles", and while its origin may be debatable, its message is not. 

O Come! Let us adore Him! O Come! Let us adore Him!    O Come! Let us adore Him - Christ the Lord!

What does it mean to adore in this sense? It is a call to worship; venerate; to reverence, honor. In this day and age, this notion may be lost on those who have never dealt with royalty. However, it would behoove us to obtain a better understanding of what it truly means. It's NOT just another Christmas song to be sung by rote. O that we would choose to awaken our hearts and minds to love the Lord our God wholly, completely, with all that is in us!

Prayer:

Father,
           Forgive us for being complacent in our worship toward You. Help us to bring down the walls we have erected that separate us from You. We want to worship You in Spirit and in Truth, according to Your Word. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen