Good morning Lord Jesus, lead me in your love today to love as you love.
“And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:10-11
For God to take on flesh and the birth of Jesus to take place, it required everything that was impossible to be made possible. With the birth of Jesus, everything that was and is impossible in your life is also now possible. It took an impossible amount of love of God for you. such as will never be matched again, in the sending of Jesus to save you. In the birth of Christ, all that humanity hoped for became a reality. Because of the birth of Christ, all that you may have settled for as the reality in your life can now be changed by the hope of Christ. When you read the Christmas stories in Luke and Matthew, you see it is a few small things, done by a few small people, in a few small places that launched the kingdom of God on earth. In Christ’s story for you and I that continues to be written this morning, God plan is still for a few small people like you, doing a few small things, in a few small places to continue His movement of God.
It is the intimidating plans, purposes, dreams and visions of God entered into by meek and broken people that insult the visions of mankind and the proud. If you are not entering into dreams and plans that are intimidating to you, you very well may be insulting to God.
My family, I pray this morning as you remember and celebrate Christ coming into the world, you will be reminded that though Christmas day has past, the Christmas story in you life continues on. I pray you receive and celebrates the love that God has for you. I pray you realize and seek with reckless abandon all of the hope joy, and unlimited possibilities of Christ in you in Jesus' name, who is Emmanuel, “God with us.” Please pray the same for me. God bless you my friends and Merry Christmas!
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