I Celebrate the Day
How has the birth of Jesus changed you? Are you any different this year than when you made your resolution at the beginning of the year? Is this Christmas any different than years before? When we really sit and think about it, these are questions that could really challenge us to reflect on who we’ve been and how far we’ve come in our faith.
But what’s interesting is that when it comes to Christmas time, we spend an awful lot of time on how we feel or how the season affects us because of the birth of Jesus. But I wonder how often we’ve paused long enough to think about the magnitude of what Jesus actually did by pouring out His love to us by coming in the form of a human baby. Have you ever asked yourself what it was like for him as a little child? That the first time that [Jesus] opened [His] eyes did [He] realize that [He] would be my Savior. And the first breath that left [His] lips, did [He] know that it would change this world forever (Relient K, I Celebrate the Day).
Truly think about that this Christmas. When the magi followed a star to meet the child Jesus, they were changed forever. It was a singular encounter within Scripture filled with wonder. The gospel writer Matthew writes that on coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh (Matthew 2:11 NIV). These magi dropped everything of their lives to find this child so that they could worship Him as someone special. They brought Him gifts fit for a king. This little child changed everything for us before He ever spoke a word. At His first breath, true love was available for us. Salvation had come. But are we any different from year to year or do we just go through the motions of the church calendar? As the day to celebrate comes in the morning, spend some time comparing your life this year to the things [you] felt in prior years. To what this midnight made so clear. That [Jesus came] to meet me here. To look back and think that this baby would one day save me. In the hope that what You did. That you were born so I might live (Relient K, I Celebrate the Day).
Jesus Christ came to us as a baby so that we might live in connection with the Father. We celebrate the day of His birth because it was the greatest gift given to mankind. The author of Hebrews writes it so well that because of His birth, He journeyed this world like us. He lived, ministered and died so that we might live. And we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone (Hebrews 2:9 NIV). His birth leads us to the life He lived. His life leads to the weight of sin that He took on His shoulders. Don’t let this Christmas Day pass by going through the motions. Allow the love that Christ has for you to fill your hearts this Christmas and let it change you for the year to come.
Merry Christmas to you all!
But what’s interesting is that when it comes to Christmas time, we spend an awful lot of time on how we feel or how the season affects us because of the birth of Jesus. But I wonder how often we’ve paused long enough to think about the magnitude of what Jesus actually did by pouring out His love to us by coming in the form of a human baby. Have you ever asked yourself what it was like for him as a little child? That the first time that [Jesus] opened [His] eyes did [He] realize that [He] would be my Savior. And the first breath that left [His] lips, did [He] know that it would change this world forever (Relient K, I Celebrate the Day).
Truly think about that this Christmas. When the magi followed a star to meet the child Jesus, they were changed forever. It was a singular encounter within Scripture filled with wonder. The gospel writer Matthew writes that on coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh (Matthew 2:11 NIV). These magi dropped everything of their lives to find this child so that they could worship Him as someone special. They brought Him gifts fit for a king. This little child changed everything for us before He ever spoke a word. At His first breath, true love was available for us. Salvation had come. But are we any different from year to year or do we just go through the motions of the church calendar? As the day to celebrate comes in the morning, spend some time comparing your life this year to the things [you] felt in prior years. To what this midnight made so clear. That [Jesus came] to meet me here. To look back and think that this baby would one day save me. In the hope that what You did. That you were born so I might live (Relient K, I Celebrate the Day).
Jesus Christ came to us as a baby so that we might live in connection with the Father. We celebrate the day of His birth because it was the greatest gift given to mankind. The author of Hebrews writes it so well that because of His birth, He journeyed this world like us. He lived, ministered and died so that we might live. And we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone (Hebrews 2:9 NIV). His birth leads us to the life He lived. His life leads to the weight of sin that He took on His shoulders. Don’t let this Christmas Day pass by going through the motions. Allow the love that Christ has for you to fill your hearts this Christmas and let it change you for the year to come.
Merry Christmas to you all!
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