Starting Right
Starting Right is a 5 minute Day Starter to help keep you motivated, encouraged, and focused throughout your day. DannyMac is a pastor, teacher, motivational speaker, husband, and father. His years of leading and training people have given him vast experience in helping individuals to accomplish change in their lives and meet their goals. He can help you set the course for your day by offering practical advice from God's Word in a positive and fun way. There is no better way to begin your day than by Starting Right with DannyMac.
Starting Right
From Angelic Announcements to Modern Melodies
Step into a world of warmth and wonder as we explore the lesser-known yet profoundly moving Christmas carol, "Noel," co-written by Chris Tomlin, Ed Cash, and Matt Redman in 2015. Featuring the breathtaking vocals of Lauren Daigle, this episode promises to enlighten you about the timeless melody and the powerful message encapsulated within its lyrics. Hear how the song, with its evocative line "Come and see what God has done," serves as a beacon of hope and joy—a true embodiment of the Christmas spirit. We'll uncover the carol's origins and its deep connection to the idea of "good news," reflecting on its connection to the angelic announcement of joy on the night of Jesus' birth.
Good morning and welcome to Starting Right with Danny Mac. I'm going to be here every Monday to Friday to help you get a great five-minute start to your day, so grab your cup of coffee, sit back, relax and let me help you start your day right. Good morning, everybody, and welcome to this very last week before Christmas 2022. It's amazing, isn't it? The year has just flown by and here we are right now, just six days before Christmas. I hope that you're getting ready for it, going to be able to spend some time with your family and friends and celebrate together, because it really truly is a wonderful time of the year.
Speaker 1:Today, we're going to take a look at another Christmas carol. This one is not as well known as some of the others we've talked about. It was written in 2015 by Chris Tomlin, ed Cash and Matt Redman. It's the Christmas carol called Noel. Most of you will probably know it as being sung by Lauren Daigle. In fact, tomlin said they had Lauren Daigle in mind when they wrote the song. He said it Daigle. In fact, tomlin said they had Lauren Daigle in mind when they wrote the song. He said it's probably the first song that I've ever written where I just happened, but I just envisioned Lauren singing it all along and I'm so thankful that she agreed to do it. Her vocal in the song is truly stunning. He also talks about the melody saying that there's something ancient about the melodies in the song that give it a timeless feel. There's a lyric in the chorus that says Come and see what God has done. Those words sum up the entire project. It's my favorite line because that's essentially what I hope that people take away from it and for me, I love the melody, I love Lauren Daigle singing it. But the words are what impact me the most, particularly that line that Tomlin talked about Come and see what God has done.
Speaker 1:The word Noel, which is the title of this song, is very much associated with Christmas. In fact, many people believe it means Merry Christmas, but actually it's a French word meaning good news. It's what the angels proclaimed to the shepherds in the field that night. Jesus was born, the good tidings of great joy. The word gospel, used throughout the New Testament. It also means good news and that's why those words in the song come see what the Lord has done are so powerful, because the entire New Testament tells the story of God leaving heaven and coming to earth in the form of Jesus Christ, so that we could have life and life in abundance. Jesus Christ, so that we could have life and life in abundance. That's the good news of Jesus Christ and that's the good news of Christmas.
Speaker 1:We're coming up to the end of our year and at New Year's we often put together a set of New Year's resolutions things we want to accomplish in the year to come and things we want to not do in the new year that maybe we've done in the past year. We want to not do in the new year that maybe we've done in the past year. But right before New Year's comes Christmas, which I think is so appropriate because it's our reminder that God has given us the good news to be able to put behind us all the negative things of the past. In John, chapter 16 and verse 33, jesus said this to us here on this earth you will have many trials and sorrows, but take heart, because I have overcome the world. Some of the greatest gifts that Christ has given us is the ability to find healing, to find peace, to be comforted in the middle of sorrow, to know that there is always hope and that we can trust Him in all things. It is the gospel of God, the good news of God that Christ came, that we might have life, the ability to live life to its fullest here and to be able to have life for eternity in the presence of God. That's the good news. That's the Noel of Christmastime, as we wrap up the year and we look back and remember the things that have hurt us, that are continuing to hurt us, those times of loss, those times when we were blindsided, we didn't see it coming and it's just crushed us, those times of fear and pain, the times of a bad doctor report, the loss of someone so dear to us. The good news of Jesus is that in Him there is always comfort. He's always there to help us. There is always hope. Even when we can't understand how or when or why, he will do those things. He's promised us that he would, simply because he loves us. The message of God at Christmastime is that God loves you and that he's with you and that he's for you. That's what the good news, or the Noel of Christmas, is God with us.
Speaker 1:I'm going to leave you with a short clip of Noel being sung by Lauren Daigle. In your show notes today there will be the YouTube link where you can click on that and go and watch the entire video. I know that you will enjoy it and I hope you have a wonderful last week before Christmas. Everyone, get your shopping done, Get the baking done, but, more importantly, celebrate. Celebrate your family, celebrate the love that you have with and for your family, and be thankful to God for his love for you and for everyone that you love. This is a time of love and joy and peace and celebration, so I encourage you to embrace that. Here's Lauren Daigle with Noel. No, no, come and see what God has done, no way.
