You ever wonder what the first Christmas must have been like?
The music of that night as the angles burst through heavens gates and into the sky, surprising the shepherds singing joyful and announcing tones of joy beyond measure... "A Saviour has come to earth to save that which was lost..."
Sing Gloria.... Sing Gloria....
As they hurried into town to spread the news to only later congregate at the birth place of the Saviour. It must have been simply breathtaking.
The Wisemen, well they had been traveling for years, searching for a meaning for the signs in the sky. And even after years of searching they still searched.... knowing that there was more... And so they went on a journey to Bethlehem to follow that Star. The Star that gave them hope, hope that they would someday find a Saviour.
You know I wonder what could the Wisemen tell us today... What signs in the sky could they see of not Christ's first coming but of His Second Coming. The Second Coming that will divide right from wrong, truth from lies, love and peace from hatred and crime and make all men bow their knee before a Holy God.
And still today although we may not have Wiseman in name, we still have people that search for a Saviour... A Saviour from their pain, a Saviour from their guilt, from their heartache, from the lies, the crime, the hatred, and discouragement.
And Oh poor King Herod, the man who was so filled with finding earthly fulfillment that he missed the coming of a Greater Man who could have filled and over stuffed that void he was so desperately trying to fill with earthly things.
You know how often are we King Herod's we need to fill a void in our lives so we run after kingship, authority, and lordship and when finally someone comes along and says, "Yeah, we are looking for a man to do just that" ... Instead of getting in our chariot and joining their search for the Greater Man we tell them keep searching and when you find Him, come tell me cause I want to kill off every hope of someone else taking what "fulfillment" I have already tried obtain through my earthly measures...
Then my thoughts turn to Mary... the thoughts and the emotions that must have run through her mind and soul as she could feel that child leap within her womb and then that perfect night holding that sweet child in her arms as wrapped Him in swaddling clothes.
No wonder Mary kept all the things that had happened and pondered them in her heart! She must have had so much to consider, so much to pray about and so much to rejoice about! Her spirit inside must have been so full and simply leaped for joy!
The music of that night as the angles burst through heavens gates and into the sky, surprising the shepherds singing joyful and announcing tones of joy beyond measure... "A Saviour has come to earth to save that which was lost..."
Sing Gloria.... Sing Gloria....
As they hurried into town to spread the news to only later congregate at the birth place of the Saviour. It must have been simply breathtaking.
The Wisemen, well they had been traveling for years, searching for a meaning for the signs in the sky. And even after years of searching they still searched.... knowing that there was more... And so they went on a journey to Bethlehem to follow that Star. The Star that gave them hope, hope that they would someday find a Saviour.
You know I wonder what could the Wisemen tell us today... What signs in the sky could they see of not Christ's first coming but of His Second Coming. The Second Coming that will divide right from wrong, truth from lies, love and peace from hatred and crime and make all men bow their knee before a Holy God.
And still today although we may not have Wiseman in name, we still have people that search for a Saviour... A Saviour from their pain, a Saviour from their guilt, from their heartache, from the lies, the crime, the hatred, and discouragement.
And Oh poor King Herod, the man who was so filled with finding earthly fulfillment that he missed the coming of a Greater Man who could have filled and over stuffed that void he was so desperately trying to fill with earthly things.
You know how often are we King Herod's we need to fill a void in our lives so we run after kingship, authority, and lordship and when finally someone comes along and says, "Yeah, we are looking for a man to do just that" ... Instead of getting in our chariot and joining their search for the Greater Man we tell them keep searching and when you find Him, come tell me cause I want to kill off every hope of someone else taking what "fulfillment" I have already tried obtain through my earthly measures...
"And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search carefully for the young Child, and when you have found Him. bring back word to me. that I may come and worship Him also." Matthew 2:8
Then my thoughts turn to Mary... the thoughts and the emotions that must have run through her mind and soul as she could feel that child leap within her womb and then that perfect night holding that sweet child in her arms as wrapped Him in swaddling clothes.
No wonder Mary kept all the things that had happened and pondered them in her heart! She must have had so much to consider, so much to pray about and so much to rejoice about! Her spirit inside must have been so full and simply leaped for joy!
"But Mary kept all thse things and pondered them in her heart." Luke 2:19
We could continue on discussing each aspect and each character that made up that First and Greatest Christmas, but we won't.
We could likely find somebody for each of us that we could identify within the Christmas story. Each had their own experiences, life problems, and scenarios. And each person in their own way brought a gift that night, but received a much bigger gift in return.
An amazing gift that only God could have given. And that gift is the gift of salvation. The gift that was given to all of us, that is there for each one of us to grab hold of and then in turn be able to share that gift with others.
This Christmas share that gift let others know what God has truely done in your life!!!
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