Receive Christ, God's Christmas Gift To You
One of the things that I love most about
Christmas is receiving gifts. I know
that I ‘should’ say that the blessing is in giving gifts, but frankly I love to
receive gifts more. I love the
anticipation, I love opening the gifts, and I love receiving them.
As we think about Christmas from a Biblical
perspective, we can also say that Christmas is all about us receiving. You see, God's Christmas gift to us is Jesus
Christ. Two-thousand years ago Christ
came to us; Christ descended and put on flesh.
Christ was delivered to us. We
receive Him by faith.
In thinking about Christ as God’s Christmas gift to us I am reminded of a devotional by Fredrik Wisloff in a book titled, “Hvil eder litt ~ Res Awhile.” In the devotion titled, “Lord teach me to know thy gift” Wisloff says,
“I am weary of the demands of life. I know that Thou hast a right to make demands, and I know so well what Thy demands are. I have sought to meet them. I believe I dare say: "I have tried with an honest purpose--not only once, but many times. But, Lord, Thou knowest how I have failed. It is a futile task. Each time I have succeeded in rolling the stone almost to the top, it has rolled downhill, and I have had to try again. But, Lord, now Thou dost offer me Thy gift. O Thou kind and merciful God! All that I lost because I was unable to meet Thy demands I now receive as a gift. In Thy mercy Thou dost bestow upon me all that I need. I only sit still, and Thou dost place Thy gift into my hands. O Lord, continue to give. Give me much for I am in need of much. Grant that also today I may know Thy gift more richly and more gloriously than ever before.”
In thinking about Christ as God’s Christmas gift to us I am reminded of a devotional by Fredrik Wisloff in a book titled, “Hvil eder litt ~ Res Awhile.” In the devotion titled, “Lord teach me to know thy gift” Wisloff says,
“I am weary of the demands of life. I know that Thou hast a right to make demands, and I know so well what Thy demands are. I have sought to meet them. I believe I dare say: "I have tried with an honest purpose--not only once, but many times. But, Lord, Thou knowest how I have failed. It is a futile task. Each time I have succeeded in rolling the stone almost to the top, it has rolled downhill, and I have had to try again. But, Lord, now Thou dost offer me Thy gift. O Thou kind and merciful God! All that I lost because I was unable to meet Thy demands I now receive as a gift. In Thy mercy Thou dost bestow upon me all that I need. I only sit still, and Thou dost place Thy gift into my hands. O Lord, continue to give. Give me much for I am in need of much. Grant that also today I may know Thy gift more richly and more gloriously than ever before.”
God’s grace and peace to you as you
continually receive God’s Christmas Gift, Jesus the Christ.
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