Christmas trees. Festive lights. Candy canes. Santa this and Santa that. We all know the cues. Everything, seemingly, screams celebration about the season. But there’s a quote out there, worth noting: “keep the main thing the main thing.” Do we?
Do Christmas decorations enhance or distract from Jesus’ true meaning? There are nativity displays galore during this season. We see varying styles and sizes. And Who is in these nativity scenes? It’s Baby Jesus.
Baby Jesus- He’s not just another Christmas ornament.
“…and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.”
Matthew 1:23
We tend to forget that, as we live our busy lives, don’t we? God is with us. Is this Baby Jesus, indeed, our Savior? Or is He just a decoration?
Matthew 1:23 reminds us of Jesus’ Name, Emmanuel,
“God with us.” That means that as we Christmas hustle and bustle, Christmas shop and Christmas stress out about this wonderful time of year, He is right there. When we’re cheery, when we’re grumpy, He’s there. When we forget Him, when we remember Him, He’s still there. Therefore, can we believe beyond His statue’s depiction, beyond the Christmas decoration to our Savior’s Truth? Can we believe God is really with us?
We come now to the close of another calendar year. It’s a time of “new beginnings.” Dare to invite God into your life; dare to invite Him into your new start! Jesus is relevant, as is. He doesn’t just want to merely decorate your life; He want to be in it and bless it! Are we keeping the “main thing the main thing?” Are we celebrating that?
Remember the main celebration: Emmanuel. God is with us. It’s a celebration beyond tradition; it’s God’s loving gift for us!
Copyright © 2013 by Sheryle Cruse
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