Luke 1:47 “My spirit rejoices in God my Saviour.”
MERRY CHRISTMAS! May you have a precious time today with loved ones. Be grateful for all God’s richest blessings in your life. Rejoice and be glad in Him.
Not everybody enjoys this time of year. “What has the world come to?” and “What has Christmas come to?” are repeated refrains we hear with the onslaught of its commercialization. However, E. Stanley Jones gave us a much more positive take on things in his 1942 devotional ‘Abundant Living’:
“The early Christians did not say in dismay: ‘Look what the world has come to!’ but in delight, ‘Look what has come to the world!’ They saw not merely the ruin, but the Resource for the reconstruction of that ruin. They saw not merely that sin did abound, but that grace did much more abound. On that assurance, the pivot of history swung from blank despair, loss of moral nerve, and fatalism, to faith and confidence that at last sin had met its match.”
Amidst all of today’s festivities, the copious quantities of food and the discarded wrapping paper, may we choose to delight in God’s supreme gift of his Son.
If our greatest need had been information, God would have given us an educator; if our greatest need had been technology, God would have given us a scientist; if our greatest need had been money, God would have given us an economist; if our greatest need had been pleasure, God would have given us an entertainer; however, our greatest need was forgiveness, so God gave us a Saviour.
Lord, thank you so much for giving us a Saviour. I choose to delight myself today in this indescribable gift. However much dismay I may feel at the state of the world or at the apparent triumph of Santa over Christ in the hearts of many, I declare your Lordship and seek to live it out, for your glory. Amen!
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