Christmas is around the corner
again and what a wonderful time of year it is! It is a time to
reflect and a time to be around loved ones. Christmas is a joyous
time, filled with God's love and splendour. It is also a time to
ponder the wonderful coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. I know a lot
has been written about His coming and a lot has been said. So I
know we can become sort of numb to all the messages and not really
hear the essence of it anymore.
But today I want you to sit still
and really think about what Jesus came to do for us. Close your
eyes and really think about Him. He was living in Heaven in His
glorified state, Master of the Universe, with millions of angels at
His beck and call and the Universe at His feet. But His heart was
yearning for us, He wanted us free from the bondage of sin, He
wanted us free from the sting of death, He wanted us to be able to
fellowship with Him and to walk in His Kingdom as part of His
family. He wanted so much for us. He wanted us free from the grip
of His enemy. And in His glorified state, He agreed to become
small, He agreed to become a helpless baby; He agreed to walk a
road of pain and suffering in order to have us with Him.
Isn't that just glorious? Isn't
that true love? We think we know what love is, but we don't have a
clue. His love is all-consuming, all-encompassing, and
all-enveloping. His love is higher than the highest mountain and
deeper than the oceans' deep. And when He came, He showed us the
extent of His love. Every step that He took was with compassion and
a caring heart. He WAS love.
And He accomplished His goal as you
all know. He freed us from the grip of sin and death, He freed us
from the enemy's rule in our lives, He gave us access into His
Kingdom and He welcomed us as part of His family. And the pinnacle
of all that He did was to come and live inside of us through His
Spirit. So today, the fullness of who He was on earth and of who He
still is, is working mightily within you. Love made perfect, is
therefore within you in full measure. Love in its purest form is
within your spirit.
This Christmas walk in this love
available to you. All Christians are filled with this love, the
question is just what are you going to do with it? Christ gave His
love to you freely; He is in fact showering the fullness of who He
is on you daily. But are you open to let it flow through your soul
into the physical realm? Or are you too focused on your own world,
too focused on the material world to allow His love to flow
through? Within His love lie the answers to all of life's problems.
If you can get a revelation of the fullness of what is available to
you in Christ, your life will never be the same. Allow God to work
through you this Christmas season, and going forward. Allow Him to
flow in mighty torrents through you to those in desperate need.
Allow Him to change you from a cowering human being, into a
glorious son of the living God. That is His purpose for you, His
destiny, and His dream. Allow Him to take over and to walk with
you, hand in hand, in love.
Thank you Jesus that You came to
save us. Thank you that You opened the way for us into Your
glorious Kingdom. We declare that we want to walk with You in love
and reach out to a broken world. We want to become love just like
You demonstrated on earth. Thank you that You have already given us
all things that pertain to this life and godliness. We praise Your
mighty Name. Amen