Luke 2:16
And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph and the Babe lying in a manger.
You know, it occurred to me that we kind of have this whole Christmas thing wrong.....
Let me ask you....
When you celebrate someones birth, you don't celebrate them being a baby.....
You don't focus on them as an infant...
You mark down another year that has passed and you celebrate with them as they are today....
I know that Jesus' was not the typical baby, after all how do you stuff all of God into an infant body?
How does the One who created the universe and is the giver of life, choose to enter into humanity through the process that everyone one of us had to go through....being birthed by our mothers?
I mean, if we celebrate someones birthday, we focus on the fact that they have lived one more year, have had accomplishments for one more year...have made it one more year.We celebrate the total scope and realm of their life. Should we not do the same, and maybe more, for Jesus. Should we not recognize the simple fact that we draw breath because it has been given to us. Life is a privilege, not a right. Life is a gift, not something to be taken for granted and abused by our own selfish desires. Jesus was born with a purpose, and He carried out that purpose to the cross, to the tomb, across history and time, and still carries it out to this day.
So really, in our celebration of Christmas, maybe we need to let Jesus grow up and occupy His rightful place in our world. A place that comes with the title Lord and Savior. A place given to Him by His heavenly Father. A place from which He will arise from, at some point in the future, and come back to take a bride for Himself.
Because of the uniqueness of Jesus' appearance...
And the events that surrounded His coming...
Then yes....let's celebrate....
Let's worship Him...
Let's commit ourselves to Him and His kingdom...
Let us recognize that He is the answer for all of mankind's ills.
Jesus was born to destroy the works of Satan (I John 3:8)
Sin warps, twists, kills and destroys....
Jesus redeems.
Sin slanders, gossips, and curses...
Jesus speaks truth.
Sin want to demean, pervert, and cheapen life....
Jesus is life and He rises above and beyond anything sin ever hopes to accomplish in the lives of people.
So I want to celebrate the hope and truth of the one who chose to enter into the darkness of this world.
He didn't come bringing hope...
He is hope..
Hosanna in the highest!
Jesus IS Lord over all who claim to be lord...
Jesus IS King over all who claim to be king....
Merry Christmas from the "B's" in Attalla.
God on you...
mbb
Join us at Vineyard Recovery Church for our candlelight service tomorrow night.
Debbie Handy, Carrie Elrod and Liz Wood will be leading worship.
Service starts at 7 p.m.
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