If you have a sneaking suspicion that Christmas HAS to mean more than what our culture is telling you, you’re not the first – but you will have to go on a quest for answers. As you do, I advise you to follow the example of the first “Christmas Chasers” – the wise men.
The secret ingredient that made the first Christmas possible was SUBMISSION to the Father’s plan. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph all chose to exchange their own ways for the ways of the God they trusted in order to bring about a noble goal.”
The First Christmas was birthed out of the love between the Father and the Son before the world was made, a love which crafted a plan designed to give us the greatest possible gift.
God has gone to great lengths to enable us to show the world His greatness, in our words and our actions. Let’s take advantage of this great privilege and glorify God today!
The Holy Spirit was sent by God to insure that God’s ambitious plan (of revealing His character and glory to the world through the Church) is ultimately successful. He is the ultimate “closer.”
The final phase in God’s plan to show the world what He was truly like was a surprising one – to replicate the character and glory of Jesus in His followers and then send them out to show the world what He is like. Have you embraced the privilege?