FOLLOWING THE CHRISTMAS LIGHT
For with YOU is the fountain of Life; In YOUR LIGHT WE SEE LIGHT. Psalm 38:10
LIGHT ILLUMINES, REFLECTS, POINTS THE WAY, GUIDES, AND GUARDS FROM DANGER.
WE NEED LIGHT…PRACTICALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY.
DARKNESS HIDES, HINDERS AND HOLDS US HOSTAGE .
JESUS CAME TO BRING AN ETERNAL LIGHT FOR ALL PEOPLE.
HIS BIRTH WAS PLANNED, BY A GOD OF LIGHT, ATTENDED BY ANGELS WHO SANG OF HIS LIGHT AND SHEPHERDS AND WISE MEN FOLLOWED A STAR TO DIRECT THEM TO TO THE MANAGER.
HOW DID MARY BIRTH A CHILD IN SUCH A PLACE?
THERE WAS WARMTH FROM THE ANIMALS, AN EARTHLY HELP MEET NAMED JOSEPH AND THE ENTOURAGE OF THOSE COMING TO PAY HOMAGE.
BUT, IT ALL BEGAN WITH MARY AND JOSEPH WHO TRUSTED THE LIGHT OF TRUTH.
MARY ACCEPTED THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN ANGEL THAT SHE HAD BEEN CHOSEN TO BE THE MOTHER OF THE CHRIST, CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT….” MAY IT BE TO ME AS YOU HAVE SAID.” LUKE 1:38
JOSEPH WAS ALERTED IN A DREAM ALSO BY AN ANGEL WHO CONFIRMED TO HIM THAT” MARY HAD CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT– A SON –” THEY WOULD CALL HIM “IMMANUEL”– WHICH MEANS GOD WITH US–
“WHEN JOSPEH WOKE UP HE DID WHAT THE ANGEL OF THE LORD HAD COMMANDED HIM AND TOOK MARY HOME AS HIS WIFE.” MATTHEW1:24
THESE CHOSEN ONES LIVED IN THE LIGHT OF DEVOTION , FAITH AND OBEDIENCE TO THE GOD THEY SERVED.
THEY HEARD AND OBEYED.
OBEDIENCE REQUIRES ACTION NOT JUST ASSENT.
IT IS AN AMAZING ACCOUNT OF TRANSPARENT LIVES , OPEN TO THE LEADING OF GOD’S DIVINE LIGHT.
THEY HAD HANDS ON INFLUENCE, LOVE AND WATCH CARE OVER THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.
STARS IN THE HEAVENS WERE USED TO GUIDE THOSE COMING TO CELEBRATE THIS EVENT WHICH WOULD FOREVER PIERCE THE DARKNESS OF OUR WORLD– GENERATIONS, RACES, AGES WOULD KNOW HOW JESUS’ BIRTH WOULD CHANGE LIFE.
PARDON, FORGIVENESS. MERCY, GRACE RESTORATION WOULD ADORN HEARTS WHO RECEIVED HIM.
THE JOURNEY OF THE MANGER, CHILDHOOD, MANHOOD WOULD UNFOLD THE MISSION OF A LOVING GOD WHO WOULD RECONCILE A LOST WORLD UNTO HIMSELF THOUGH JESUS.
THE CROSS WOULD BE THE SYMBOL OF SACRIFICE AS JESUS’ BLOOD WAS POURED OUT FOR OUR SIN, ALL SIN, ALL MEN.
NOW THE CHRIST OF SCRIPTURES CAN LIVE WITHIN US BY HIS SPIRIT. HALLELUJAH!
” BUT TO AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM, TO THEM HE GAVE THE RIGHT TO BE CALLED CHILDREN OF GOD.”JOHN 1:12
WE CAN HEAR, RECEIVE , BELIEVE AND THEN BELONG.
WILL YOU?
ONLY YOU CAN CHOOSE.
HOW?
BY OPENING UP YOUR HEART IN PRAYER– INVITING HIM TO COME INTO YOUR LIFE, TO CLEANSE YOU OF ALL THE SIN THAT HAS BEEN WEIGHTING YOU DOWN BURYING ALL HOPE. CONFESSION OF SIN IS THE DOOR TO OPEN .
HE WILL COME.
IF YOU DO THIS– HIS LIGHT WILL BECOME COMPELLING– IN THE WORD OF GOD, THROUGH PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW HIM, IN CIRCUMSTANCES, IN DECISIONS, IN ILLNESS, IN TRIUMPHS AND FAILURES, IN LOSS AND DOUBT, THROUGH IT ALL YOU WILL KNOW YOU BELONG TO HIM AND THEREFORE HIS LIGHT WILL OPEN THE WAY MOMENT TO MOMENT , DAY BY DAY…YES NIGHT TO NIGHT.
WILL YOU?
COME TO THE MANGER AND SEE.
A BABE BORN A KING.
KING OF KINGS, LORD OF LORDS, YOUR KING, YOUR SAVIOR AND FOREVER HE WILL POINT THE WAY FOR YOU THROUGH ALL THE SEASONS OF LIFE.
THEN AS MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF GOD YOU WILL MEET FOLKS WHO LOOK DIFFERENT FROM YOU BUT YOU WILL KNOW THEM AS BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN FAITH!
WHAT A CHRISTMAS GIFT, ETERNAL, EVERLASTING.
COME!
MERRY CHRISTMAS. FOLLOW HIS LIGHT!
BILLIE
