It’s
Christmas today; and I want to talk to my fellow Christians. Today and this
season that we are in is a time when it is so easy to get caught up in the
hustle & the bustle and miss out on the reason for the season.
Many
Christians find it is easy to forget what the reason is for the season.
In
fact a lot of Christians will go through this season declaring something
similar to what King Solomon said: “I’ve
had everything I could possibly want from life and did everything I could
possibly do and life is a bummer.”
If
that is where you are at today; I want to inspire you and challenge you to do
something different to go through the rest of this season without regrets.
And
if you find yourself on that same road today heading towards anxiety,
hopelessness, and stress; it’s time to change the road you are on.
See,
if going 80 mph has taken you in the past to anxiety, worry, fear, then going
20 mph or 120 mph will only take you to the same place. Isn’t it time we change
the road we are on?
I’m
telling you, pleading with you that right now you need to get off that freeway
today and go another way.
We
put burdens upon ourselves for every little thing that will be gone in a very
short while like cards, gifts, and decorations. I have a non-judgmental question;
“Have you thought about asking God to provide the gifts you will give?”
People,
we are not being a good witness when we stress out during this season. How many
of you reading this want to be a bad witness? How many of you want to be with
someone stressed out...like you?
We
need to go to Jesus and rely on the Holy Spirit during this season more than
ever; especially when the stress in our lives continues to increase, patience
seems to be low, and the opportunity to ruin our testimonies is ever present.
People:
Jesus is the reason for the season.
It
should break us and move us to tears as we look at how we celebrate Christmas.
This can’t be how God wants His birthday celebrated; would you? Everyone
showing up to your birthday party with no hair, ulcers, broken bank accounts;
and then when they get to your party they forget that it is your birthday!
This
Christmas is a great time to be ‘mission-centered’ and reach out to those in
our world. For some, it will be at your place of employment or at a shelter,
for some it will be with our families.
Today,
I want to remind each of us that as Christians, we are all called to be
ambassadors as though God were pleading through us (2 Corinthians 5:20).
My
prayer is that God will show each one of us how and to whom He would like us to
reach out this Christmas. Jesus is the reason for the season.
Today,
Go out and tell the Good News-The reason for the season: New Hope for tomorrow
as we celebrate the birth of the Savior who came to give His life on a cross
and be resurrected for each of our sins.
Merry Christmas; I’m pulling for you!
