This has once again been an extraordinary year, a strange
year in so many ways. This year all of us have lost something,
whether it is finances, our health, loved one, our freedom,
holidays, time with our families, our right to practice sports or
even our right to watch sports. We all lost something. This made me
think again how fragile this life is and how we should live life to
the fullest and appreciate all the little things in life. I have
truly learned that small things can bring as much joy and maybe
even more than the big things in the long run. I have also learned
to live in the present, in the moment, as we do not know what the
future holds. I am a planner by nature, but this year truly taught
me that yes, I can plan, but my hope shouldn't be in my plans, but
in Him who holds the future and all that it entails. In the present
moment is the greatest gift and we shouldn't miss that.
This Christmas we should take this
gift of the present and unravel it. We should learn to slow down
and breathe. We should appreciate the smile on our children's
faces, the friendly gesture of a stranger, the flowers blooming,
the lunch that we are able to have with family and friends, the
days that we get off to recuperate, the ability that we have to
exercise etcetera. We should look at our lives with new eyes and
see how really blessed we still are.
Also this Christmas we need to look
at what Jesus truly came to do for us. He came to take us into
Heaven with Him. He came to give us zoe life, true life pulsating
within our veins. He came to set us free from the burdens here on
earth. He opened up the way for us to a better life. That is why He
came. He wants us close to Him, with Him in Heaven. After He rose
again He is seated in Heavenly places at the right hand of God the
Father and we are seated there with Him, now already. Therefore we
need to focus our attention on what is above and not on what is
going down here on earth (Colossians 3:1).
This world is always going to be
full of surprises, some of them good, but some of them bad, like
COVID was and still is to most of us. Curve balls are going to be
thrown at us, but when we are focused on who we are in Heaven, then
we will not stumble and fall. Jesus opened up the way for us so
that we can be citizens of Heaven, priests, royalty, His beloved
children, His bride. He came to set us free from the bondage of sin
rampant in this world and to open up the way for us into His
Kingdom. He came to give us a better life, now already. We just
need to step into who we are in Him and set our minds on His
Kingdom and believe the truth about us. He did everything for us,
it is now pulsating on the inside of us, we simply need to take it
as our own.
Focus this Christmas on the gifts
that Jesus came to give you. Focus on the glorious Savior who gave
up everything to give you a future and a hope. Glory in that,
rejoice in that and move into 2022 knowing that He is already
there, providing for you.
Father thank you so much for
sending Jesus for us, a little baby in a crib, rescuing the whole
world from the destructive power of sin. We glorify and praise You!
Thank you so much for presenting us with this new life. We love
You. Amen