A Season of Getting

   

    Breaking News: The season of giving has become the season of getting. Many people say that Christmas has become too secular. It isn’t that hard to look around at Christmastime and see what Christmas has become. Black Friday has now become black Thursday (THANKSGIVING), people believe they just need more stuff, and the true meaning of Christmas has been forgotten by most. So what can Christians do to show others the real reason for the season?

    Let’s look at it this way: everything is shouting God’s glory. Wait, what? Didn’t I just say that Christmas has become too secular? Yes, I did but stay with me on this. God created everything in the world for HIS good. He gives us all unique abilities and talents. We don’t just discover new abilities by chance. He gives the abilities to us in order to glorify Him. Nothing on earth happens by chance. God works through coincidences. I mean, who would have thought God’s son, our savior, would come to earth and be laid in a manger? Who would have thought Shepherds would be the first to know? This story is something no one could write until it happened, because it’s incomprehensible to us that God would send his son that way. The whole story is His story; and it’s his gift to us. That’s why he wants us to give of ourselves, our material items, and our talents. It’s because he gave so much and he wants us to be a part of His story! Isn’t that amazing?

    ​So back to the getting things for Christmas: the bottom line when it comes to the Christmas season is that it’s not about what we get, but about what we do with what we get. Remember that God gives us gifts to glorify him. He also gave us the greatest gift: salvation through his son. So what are you going to do with the gifts you have, and the gifts you get this season? Will you give to God and others?

    I hope you all have a Merry Christmas.