The Real Reason for the Season
The Real Reason for the Season
As the Christmas season is upon in us, most of us are busy last minute shopping for the ones we love. Others are not as fortunate and spend the holidays on the streets or without any presents. But does anyone actually think about the reason for the season? I know most young ones are excited about Santa and teens are worried about if they will get the latest iphones. Us as adults though we should look past the material things and the amount of money we spend on certain people or things. We have took the real meaning away from Christmas. Instead of saying Merry Christmas we say Happy Xmas. I for one will be like Pastor Kelly, I refuse to take the Christ part out of Christmas. We have took a holiday that it suppose to celebrate Jesus's birth and turned it into greed and selfishness. I believe we need to remember the real reason for the season. So here is my belief on the real reason and it may differ from yours.
" He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search carefully for the child. When you find Him, report back to me so that I too can go and worship Him." Matthew 2:8
King Herod wanted to see if this miracle was true. He heard of the Messiah being born and sent his men to go find them. Once he saw it was true they followed a star. When they got to the child they fell on their knees and worshiped him. This one of the reasons for the season. We are meant to worship Jesus and how he was sent here to save us all. An angel of the Lord told them that they should name Him Immanuel. This translates to "God is with us." God sent Jesus as a gift to us. Jesus was a sign from God that he is always with us and has his ways of showing it. This was a way of showing God is here to help us not harm us.
"The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him..." John 1:9-10
God sent us a light. He sent someone who one day would die for our sins. God wanted us to have someone who would be a light. God want us to praise him and worship him. For some people Christmas is a sad time because they may not have money or expensive things to give. God though doesn't care about who has those things. He cares about us and how we will let him into our lives. Some people may think well God hasn't done anything for me. But God does everything for a reason. He is putting you through this rough patch to help get you to a better place and for you to be a better person. And if you give Him that chance he will show you his plan. He wants us to be joyful and celebrate his sons birth. I believe if you think about it this way there would not be sadness at Christmas time. We should be happy. We should rejoice and worship Jesus on this holiday because he paid the ultimate price for us. He died for all of us. He died for the sinners. We are all sinners. Jesus paid the price for all the things we would do wrong someday. We owe it all to him. He made it so we all had a way to Heaven.
So for Christmas this year please remember the real reason for the season. It is not about the gifts or how much we receive. Its about thanking God for sending us his son. It is about giving thanks to Jesus for dying for our sins. Also, he wants us to be thankful for what we have in life. This Christmas spread the joy of Jesus.
With Love,
K
Merry Christmas Everyone!!
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