I’ve been feeling down lately because of the fact that I still haven’t done Christmas shopping and it’s just 6 days before Christmas day. I remember I would be wrapping gifts by now and the tape holder would be running out of supplies of scotch tapes in the previous years. I feel disappointed that Christmas season seems to be just like a normal day. Then I remember what (or rather who) it’s really all about.
It’s not about me wanting to be like Santa Claus handing out gifts to everyone I know, not about whatever emotions I’m having in the midst of Christmas season and more importantly not about fulfilling a Christmas wishlist that is sparkling with material things. It’s about a Savior who stooped down, left His throne and was born on a bed of hay during a cool night to be able to reach for you and me.
Baby Jesus. That’s what would pop in my mind when I think of Christmas. But it’s more than that. Baby Jesus didn’t remain just a baby; He grew up, humbled Himself and obeyed His Father. He was rejected, hit and took as many lashes as you could count. And then He shed blood for you and me. I can imagine His pure and innocent blood flowing out like a still river and emptying out like drainage. And yes it was for you and me.
Christmas is about celebrating what He has done for us, His children. It’s a festivity! We can rejoice even though there are not enough gifts to give and not enough money to spend on lavish food.
I feel guilty for having been said that “I don’t feel as much blessed as I had the previous years.” I’ve been praying for big projects but God keeps on telling me to “Wait and be patient.” I came to a point that I compared myself with others who appear to be over-blessed in life but God immediately assured me with His promises! And I quickly stopped the enemy for planting doubts and deception in my mind.
I may not buy the expensive gifts that I want to give my family and friends, I may not even get the baking equipment that I have been praying for ages now but there has been an enormous Gift wrapped in pearls of gold that will neither rust nor destroyed presented for every human being in the corners of the earth. Sometimes I forget that the fact that I’ve had that Gift for a long time now makes me more blessed than I could think of. Some may have already accepted the Gift but many others are still blinded by other gifts overpowering that Genuine Gift. How about you? Perhaps you’re ignoring that Gift presented to you. You don’t have to spend or do something for it; you just have to willingly receive. And it’s been there in front of you waiting to be opened. Maybe it’s time to unwrap it!
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
—Romans 6:23
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
—Ephesians 2:8-9
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