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Man, I love the song Little Drummer Boy! What a good song!

I like it because that's me, the drummer boy. That's you if you know Christ. We come before him, knowing he's a king. Not just a king, but THE king, come to earth as a little baby, made poor. And when we come before him, we know we have NOTHING to offer him. We don't come to him going "hey Lord, look at what *I* can do for *you* because I'm so righteous, so good, so holy, so whatever." No, we come with our pockets turned out and dirt on our face. We got nothing and we know it.

What does the drummer boy do next? Plays a song on his drum. We play the drum too you know. We play the drum every time we help feed the hungry in Jesus' name. We play the drum every time we clothe the naked in Jesus' name. We play the drum every time we comfort someone in need in Jesus' name. We play the drum every time we lift up the name of Jesus Christ and God the Father. We play the drum whenever we're walking in the Spirit and doing the good works that have been laid out for us to do and whenever we're praising our great God and Savior.

We don't play the drum because it saves us. We don't play the drum because we're obligated. We don't play the drum grudgingly with a heavy heart. We don't play the drum because some dude told us to play it. We don't play the drum because we're greedy for some kind of material reward or because we fear what will happen if we don't play the drum. No, we play the drum joyfully for no reason other than the reason, and reward the drummer boy got:

The king of kings and lord of lords smiled at him.

Ain't nothing better than God smiling down at you. We just need to remember it!

Grace and Peace