It’s
a couple of days to Christmas and I’m thinking what Christmas really means!
The Christmas season is like no
other season! It is one season everyone is excited about both Christians and
non-Christians alike. It is a season of many activities- Christmas songs;
exchange of gifts, fun shopping, church services, concerts and more but is this
what Christmas is really about?
Too often, people get entangled
with Christmas festivities so much so that they forget the real essence of
Christmas. So what is Christmas all about?
Some (including my humble self) say
it is about CHRIST; others say it is spending time with your family and loved
ones. Some say it’s a time to give; others think it’s a time to receive.
Some say it’s a time to go
visiting friends and families. Some think it’s a time for reduction in prices
of items- mega sales, clearance sales and discount sales. Some feel it’s a time
to clean their homes; others think it’s a time to get new cloths.
Christmas somehow, turns to put a
lot of pressure on people. Some get into debt buying gifts for people (even those they don’t like); some get
disappointed for not receiving gifts from people (even those who don’t like them).
Should there be pressure at
Christmas? Absolutely not… If we truly are celebrating the birth of CHRIST, then our focus should be on HIM and not on gifts or any
other thing. It’s great to give if we have to give; but it’s not the end of the
world if we don’t.
The Christmas season is a season
to be thankful for all we have been given. This life
will pass away, and everything you see will go with it but rejoice and be
exceedingly glad if you have a relationship with the one whom is being
celebrated.
If
Christ wasn’t born, HE wouldn’t have died. If He had not died, there will be no
redemption and if there was no redemption, humanity will eternally be separated
from God. The truth of the matter is Christmas without CHRIST is meaningless.
Have
you ever pondered on how God could love us so much so that HE had to come down Himself
in human form to redeem us? What will life have been for you if CHRIST had not come? What would life have been for the world if CHRIST didn't come?
Let’s not get
swayed away from the real essence of Christmas! Christmas is more than cards, presents, parties, outings, wise men,
Santa, new cloths, decorated trees or lights! Christmas is a
time for sober reflection and re dedication… Christmas
should be a reminder to live for God's glory and NOT our own. CHRISTMAS IS A TIME FOR US TO RE DEDICATE OUR HEARTS TO KING
JESUS KNOWING THAT HIS
RETURN IS IMMINENT.
Don’t be sad because you don’t
have money to buy new clothes, food or gifts. JESUS is still CHRIST…HE was
born, lived; died and rose. HE is still Savior and KING; HE is still faithful
and kind; HE is still saving and delivering; healing and restoring.
Christmas is a time for us to give up our will and embrace the father’s will. It’s a time for us to reach out in love with the gospel of SALVATION!
In conclusion, I want to say to everyone that, if you don’t
know JESUS, please don't let this Christmas pass you by- not for a second! THERE IS NO BETTER TIME TO GET TO KNOW CHRIST THAN IN THIS
SEASON.
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