"For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior which is Christ the Lord."
HE IS COME! The Messiah IS come! The Lord of Glory embodied in human flesh IS come! Jesus Christ IS come! I glory in the fact of His coming and praise Him with great joy and rejoicing, for He has not only come historically, but He IS come to me. He is born in my life, and lives and dwells in my heart. He has come to, and for, you, too. Have you welcomed Him into your heart as reigning Lord and Savior? If so, we truly celebrate Christmas together—God's Way!
Some celebrate Christmas because it's an enjoyable part of our culture. They love the festive Christmas trees, lights, Santa and his elves, the good food, lovely scents of pine and pie and turkey roasting, giving and receiving gifts. Such fun! I was one of these.
Some, more serious and religious, celebrate the history of Christmas, believing the historical truth of Christ's nativity, the angels singing, shepherds coming, Wise Men traveling. It's true, historical fact! I was one of these.
But then everything changed! God didn't leave me back there with just an emotional attachment to Jesus. Nor did He leave me back there with an historical Jesus. No! Praise God! He came and confronted me with my sin and need as He revealed Himself to me in His death on the Cross for my sin, and His resurrection and ascension for my new life in Him and empowered by Him. He brought me to repentance, surrender, and a welcoming of His control of my life. He gave me a new heart, new life, new desires—a completely new being. He changed emotion and history to living fact—a mushy, emotional, historical Jesus figure to a living, breathing, communicating, life changing, reigning Lord and Savior! What an awesome Christmas gift! I will forever thank and praise Him!
HE IS COME! Do you hear and join with the angel voices? They're bringing again, and I with them, good tidings of great joy! A Savior, which is Christ the Lord is come for us—for all! So let us all cease from ourselves and our own ways, receive Him, welcome Him into our hearts, and give Him His rightful reign in our lives. He WILL reign on that Great Day of Judgment, either for His glory and our salvation, OR for His glory and our condemnation. So may we bow to Him NOW, for on that Day, "every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord!" He is God! He is good! He IS King! He IS come! Let all sing together with the angels, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace, good will to men!" May we celebrate the TRUE Christmas together this year, GOD'S WAY, and for His glory alone! HE IS COME! What an awesome cost He has paid in giving Jesus His Son for our reconciliation to Himself! "Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!" Receive and rejoice! Glory to God!!!
~ Cindy Warren
