Let it Be Christmas

Posted on 19. Dec, 2011 by frank in faith, my church

The recent series we’ve just finished here at Hope Summit has been great! I’m so thankful for our dedicated volunteers that have sacrificed extra time in preparation and serving.

Each week the team prepared a different Beatles song and I tied the lyric into our life and the events surrounding the birth of Jesus.  Often our culture is willing to bring up tough issues and ask really good questions, especially in music and media. However, culture doesn’t always provide us with the answers to those questions. That is where we as Christians look to the Bible for those answers.

Last Sunday the band at Hope Summit sang “Let It Be”, written by Paul McCartney in 1969.

The popular lyric says,

When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom let it be.

Until a short while ago, I always thought mother Mary was referring to Mary, the mother of Jesus.  Actually the Mary that McCartney is speaking of is his own mother, her name was Mary and the night before he wrote the song she appeared to him in a dream.  Apparently the timing of the dream was a stressful time for the band, and Mary died when McCartney was very young.  The dream gave him great comfort and inspired him to write the song.

The lyric goes on to say,

Yeah, there will be an answer, let it be.

There are many challenges we face in life, and there is great suffering in our world. The responsibility we have as people of faith is to let others around us know that there already is an answer! We have to show others around us that Jesus is that answer.  When Mary and Joseph presented Jesus in the temple Simeon immediately recognized the identity of this special child, Luke 2:28-32:

²⁸ Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:

²⁹ “Sovereign Lord, as you have promised,
you may now dismiss your servant in peace.
³⁰ For my eyes have seen your salvation,
³¹ which you have prepared in the sight of all nations:
³² a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and the glory of your people Israel.”

Simeon immediately recognized God at work. He knew it was beyond his desire for a Messiah to return and saw that Jesus was also for the Gentiles. Take some time to recognize God at work in your life, and share that message with others this Christmas. There already is answer!