The Weary World Rejoices

The famous song's lyrics exclaim, “long lay the world in sin and error pining, Til He appears and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices!” Over the next two weeks we want to rejoice at the hope we have in Christ through his birth. Our world is in sin and error. Our world is longing for something to bring it hope. Those in the world are longing to feel worth in their souls. Unfortunately they don't know where to find it. But we do. We find it in Jesus Christ and we celebrate the hope we find in Christ at Christmas. A time when we gather together to set our eyes upon the incarnate God who came to earth to save us from our sins.

The song continues; a thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices. Are you weary? Are you weary from the weight of this world? The pressures of life? The evils of this culture? Do you feel overwhelmed and burnt out? There is hope. The only way a weary world can rejoice is in Jesus Christ. This morning I want us to see how those before Christ were weary too, but they had hope in the messiah. Let's begin by looking at our main passage this morning  Micah 5:1-5a.

Micah was a minor prophet who prophesied to the divided kingdoms of Judah and Israel before they were taken into captivity. He knew the evil of his nation and he saw the wrath of God coming for them. He saw how the faithful were weary. How the sinful were weary. How even himself had grown weary. But in the middle of all of that chaos and defeat he saw hope. He saw a savior from Bethlehem in Judah who was coming to bring them peace. The main point this morning is simple; The Hope of Christ Is the Strength of the Weary!