Day 5 | Joy to the World

Scripture to Ponder: Psalm 96 & Psalm 98

The nations have received their King. The whole earth has received its salvation. Far as the curse is found, the cure was born to a virgin and placed in a feeding trough. The Advent is not for just for Israel, it is for the nations. Joy to the World is one of the most famous and popular Christmas carols. Penned by prolific hymn writer Isaac Watts in the early 18th Century, let this be a proclamation for you and your family that you and the nations can sing for pure joy now and forever because of the glories of his righteousness and wonders of his love.

Joy to the World | Isaac Watts
16th Century

Joy to the World; the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King!
Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing.

Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields & floods, rocks, hills & plains
Repeat the sounding joy.

No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.

He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love.