Lyrics from "While You Were Sleeping" by Casting Crowns and appropriate Scritpure
Little town of Bethlehem, looks like another silent night
Micah 5:2
“But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Too little to be among the clans of Judah,
From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel.
His goings forth are from long ago,
From the days of eternity.”
3 Therefore He will give them up until the time
When she who is in labor has borne a child.
Then the remainder of His brethren
Will return to the sons of Israel.
Above your deep and dreamless sleep a giant star lights up the sky
Numbers 24:17
17 “I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near;
A star shall come forth from Jacob,
A scepter shall rise from Israel,
And shall crush through the forehead of Moab,
And tear down all the sons of Sheth.
And while you’re lying in the dark, there shines an everlasting light
John 3:19
“This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness
rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.
For the king has left his throne, and is sleeping in a manger tonight
Matt 1:23
“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name
Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.”
Oh, Bethlehem what you have missed while you were sleeping
Matt 2:1
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the
east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,
2 “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”
For God became a man and stepped into your world today
John 1:14
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only
begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Oh Bethlehem, you will go down in history as a city with no room for its king.
Matt 2:4
Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the
Messiah was to be born.
5 They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea; for this is what has been written by the prophet:
Mary shivers in the cold, trying to keep the savior warm
Born among the animals, wrapped in dirty rags
Luke 2:12
12 “This will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
because there was no room for him in the world He came to save
Luke 2:7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him
in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Oh Bethlehem, what you had missed while you were sleeping
For God became a man and stepped into your world today
Oh Bethlehem, you will go down in history as a city with no room for its king, while you were sleeping.
United States of America, looks like another silent night
As we’re sung to sleep by philosophies that say “save the trees and kill the children”
Colossians 2:8
8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according
to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than
according to Christ.
And while we’re lying in the dark, there’ll be a shout heard cross the eastern sky
1 Thessalonians 4:16
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel
and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
For the bridegroom will return and carry his bride away in the night
Matthew 25:10
10 “And while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom came, and those
who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut.
America, what will we miss while we are sleeping?
Matthew 24:42
42 “Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.
Will Jesus come again and leave us slumbering where we lay?
Matthew 25:13
13 “Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.
America, will we go down in history as a nation with no room for its king?
Will we be sleeping?
