Tis the season…of giving gifts! We shop till we drop,grab a coffee to go, then shop some more! And everyday we’re bombarded on social media & TV with gift ideas. But what can we give to those who have everything?
While we endeavour to give great gifts, God is the ultimate Gift-Giver:
‘Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.’
(James 1:17 NIV)
The Greatest Gift came in unexpected wrapping. All the fullness of God- His grace & goodness, majesty & might, bundled in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
The Greatest Gift-
The Hope of the world:
Planned by God,
Foretold by prophets.
Sent by Love,
Under a starlit sky,
Surrounded by angel song,
Wrapped in grace from above.
For, ‘Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world.’
(C.S. Lewis)
As we grow older our Christmas wish list gets shorter & we find that the things we want aren’t things. Sometimes the best gift we can give to others is our time.
Someone once wrote that love can be spelt T-I-M-E. Jesus loved us so much that He gave up eternity to spend time on earth.
He came to earth & became flesh & blood so that we can be adopted into the family of God through faith. The Gift of God means that we can become children of God:
‘Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God’
(John 1:12 NIV)
God’s gift is a long lasting, never-ending present-eternal life.
Christmas is:
when God reached down,
when God became one of us,
with us in this journey of life.
‘Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!’
(2 Corinthians 9:15 NIV)
This Christmastime, if you haven’t already done so, will you accept this ultimate gift from God – the Gift of Himself, for now & forever?
Blessings,
Ruthx
Blessed! 