GET READY FOR CHRISTMAS!
I love the Christmas season! The thought of Jesus coming for me magnetizes my soul with intriguing, gripping, delightful thoughts! The reflection of Jesus coming as a baby and was born in a barn is so radical and so beautiful! This awe-inspiring season brings thought-provoking images to mind that stir us to celebration and joy! I believe the best possible way one could prepare to celebrate this Christmas would be to unequivocally receive what God has provided for us through Jesus Christ! God was ready for Christmas when it first began! God came to give his life! He came as a baby and died as a man; he did it for you! Because of love, his life was not spared!
Matthew 1:23 (NIV) "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"--which means, "God with us."
2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV) God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God!
That’s right! God caused Jesus, who had no sin to be sin for us. In other words, he became our substitute. He took our place – he took our punishment. Just as God came to give his life away, so we must give our lives away to him! We must come as little children and be willing to truly receive what he has done for us! There is nothing that you or I can do to deserve or earn God’s favor towards us, we must, with the faith of a child, accept that all our sin is paid for by the precious sacrifice of Jesus!
The greatest gift you could give to God this season would be to RECEIVE his amazing provision for your righteousness and relationship with him provided through Jesus Christ! Jesus was ready for Christmas – he gave his life away! This Christmas is your opportunity to give away your life to him. Giving your life away means that you choose to trust him, and him alone for your righteousness, value, worth and eternity! This is your opportunity! It is time to give God your complete trust! It is time to…