Behind the Cabin Door December 2022: "Joy to the World is one of the world's loved Christmas songs! Here is the simple story how it was written..."

Joy to the World is one of the world's loved Christmas songs! Here is the simple story how it was written!

Isaac Watts wrote this song as he was reading Psalm 98 in the Bible. He wanted to write a song  celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ in the same way as this chapter celebrates who our Lord is!

Psalm 98

"Sing to the Lord a new song,

    for he has done marvelous things;

his right hand and his holy arm

    have worked salvation for him.

The Lord has made his salvation known

    and revealed his righteousness to the nations.

He has remembered his love

    and his faithfulness to Israel;

all the ends of the earth have seen

    the salvation of our God.

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth,

    burst into jubilant song with music;

make music to the Lord with the harp,

    with the harp and the sound of singing,

with trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn—

    shout for joy before the Lord, the King.

Let the sea resound, and everything in it,

    the world, and all who live in it.

Let the rivers clap their hands,

    let the mountains sing together for joy;

let them sing before the Lord,

    for he comes to judge the earth.

He will judge the world in righteousness

    and the peoples with equity."

As we have just wrapped up our Christmas celebrations and probably thinking into the near year I want to encourage you to remember one thing. God loves you. He has not and will never change, and He is worth celebrating everyday over anything else that comes your way. I pray in this new year that you will be refreshed through God's Word. I pray God will reveal new thoughts, plans, and purposes for your life! "Joy to the World and a Happy New year!"