Joy to the World

Joy to the World by Isaac Watts   

1 Joy to the world! the Lord is come: let earth receive her King.

Let every heart prepare him room,

and heaven and nature sing,

and heaven and nature sing,

and heaven, and heaven and nature sing.

2 Joy to the earth! the Savior reigns: let all their songs employ,

while fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains

repeat the sounding joy,

repeat the sounding joy,

repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

3 No more let sin and sorrow grow nor thorns infest the ground;

he comes to make his blessings flow

far as the curse is found,

far as the curse is found,

far as, far as the curse is found.

4 He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove

the glories of his righteousness

and wonders of his love,

and wonders of his love,

and wonders, wonders of his love.   

            I am amazed at the wonders of Christ’s love. When we see sin and trouble all around us, we may forget temporarily that “He rules the world with truth and grace.  When we hear the sometimes convincing arguments of those who do not love and serve Jesus our Savior we are prone to wonder just who is right.  Sinners tend to make us think that wrong is right and that right is wrong.

            The third verse of this song says, “No more let sin and sorrow grow…”  Satan is smart and his spurious arguments are clever.  Sadly, he has little henchmen who spread his false arguments.  We as Christian musicians need to remember that Christ came “to make his blessings flow “far as the curse is found”.   

Thought for the Day   

Every Christian musician must remember that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has already come.  He is truly God with us every day of our lives.