Looking forward

 

Romans 5:8 (ESV)

⁸ but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

 

Do you look forward to Christmas?  I sure do! I love the family gatherings.  I love the decorations that make our house sparkle.  I love giving presents and receiving them.  But I am reflecting today on why we need Christmas in the first place.

 

We need Christmas because we are totally sinful.  There is nothing good in me or you.  We are riddled with sin.  We are born into sin.  We have a sin nature.  Holy God cannot abide sin, but He loves us.  Do you get it?  While we were dead in our sin, Christ came and died for us to give us life.  And not just any life!  It is life abundant.  We celebrate Christmas because it is the birth of the promise of redemption.  It celebrates the “fullness of time” when the plan became reality.  God loved.  Jesus came as a human baby.  Jesus lived a sinless life.  Jesus died for our sins, not His own.  And we get eternal life.  This is why I look forward to Christmas, and celebrate it.  It is God loving me and providing for my redemption which I am powerless to do.  So celebrate it now!