It wasn't the rich and famous who came to worship Jesus that first Christmas Eve, but shepherds. God reminds us that, "as you have done it to the least of these, you have done it to me." He invites us, as his children, the "poor in Spirit," to come into His presence and worship Him.

250 years ago, Isaac Watts wrote a hymn based on the truths found in Psalm 98. The name of this world-famous hymn is “Joy to the World.” At Christmas it is sung all across the world by millions of Christians and non-Christians alike. But a close study of the words of this hymn reveals that Watts did not have in mind the Bethlehem coming of Christ, but rather the millennial coming of our Lord.

Additional Scripture references: 1 Timothy 5:6 / Titus 3:3&4 / Galatians 5:22-25 / Luke 15:1-7; Luke 1:13&14, 44; 24:50-53

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