Advent 2020 | Songs of the Season

"Songs of the Season" is the Advent series for 2020. Traditionally, Advent includes the four Sundays leading up to Christmas. The word “advent” means coming. It is intended to help us look back and reflect upon the significance of the birth of Christ while also symbolizing our present situation and helping us look forward to his second coming. Our hope is that this season of Advent will be a reminder to us that we are exiles in this world who are prayerfully and eagerly anticipating the day when Christ will come again for His people.

While the lights and music of this season may be a welcome distraction from all that has taken place this year, they only temporarily lift our spirits. For four weeks we are going to look at four songs that have the ability to give us true hope and everlasting joy. Unlike the many inspirational songs of the season, these songs are the inspired words of the true and living God. They remind us that we have much to sing about because Christ came into the world to save us and He will come again. They lift our spirits by setting our hope on the character and promises of God revealed and fulfilled in Jesus Christ - the Son of God, our Savior.

We will look at Mary’s song in Luke 1, Zechariah’s song in Luke 1, the angel’s song in Luke 2, and Simeon’s song in Luke 2.