The Twelve Days of Christmas is a traditional song for the holiday season. Each day in the song lists a different gift received over the course of the celebration. During the hundreds of years this song has been sung, the gifts have varied some, a few have changed position in the lineup, and a couple have been renamed due to the archaic terms originally used. However, none seem to have any real meaning except for joyful irreverence during the Christmas season.
The eleventh gift we sing about is the Pipers Piping. What spiritual meaning can we derive from the musical medley presented as a gift on the eleventh day?
Look to 1 Kings. In the opening chapter of this book, David the king is aged and dying. His son Adonijah garners support and claims the throne for his own.
Yet Adonijah never becomes king. Rather, Solomon is proclaimed king, and with the sound of pipes and great rejoicing, the people go through the city crying out, “Long live King Solomon!”
Jesus is our promised Lord. He arrived in a manger two thousand years ago, and he still lives today. When “stuff” tries to take control of his rightful place in our hearts, we must break out our pipes and proclaim the news, “Long live King Jesus!”
Back to those Eleven Pipers Piping. What better reason to toot our horn than the blessed salvation promised in the Scriptures, brought down to humanity’s level in a manger, and elevated to Redeeming Savior on the cross?
There is no better reason to let our pipes ring out in praise.
When we announce the presence of Jesus, let’s do it with panache and fanfare. He’s worth it.
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