A little break from the usual today with a few brief thoughts on Christmas.
Today is the day we celebrate the coming of Christ into the world. At the time the Jews were ruled by the Romans and wanted to be free. There was also an expectation or hope of a messiah. Yet when Christ came no one really expected this. No one expected God Himself to come to earth, far less as a human being. No one expected Him to come in the way He did.
We can all look at our own lives, and for most of us there will be situations in our lives where we need salvation, and we have a vague hope of God being able to do something to help us. The God we worship is the God who will come into our lives in unexpected ways. Sometimes we spend a lot of time wondering how He will come to our aid. We need to focus more on the who rather than the how. No man could have worked out how God would come 2000 years ago. In the same way He will intervene in our lives in ways we do not expect.
And when He came He had a much greater salvation in mind for the people than the one they had. In fact He seemed to ignore the salvation they were hoping for (release from the Roman oppression). Sometimes God may seem to be ignoring your problems. If He is, it is because He has something far greater in store for us.
As Jesus said once, do not be afraid just believe.
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