by Scott Johnson
Unto us a child is born
Unto us a Son is given
He is Christ Jesus our Lord
(Isaiah 9:6)
Probably like so many other people, this time of year is my favorite. The holiday season starts with Thanksgiving, followed by Christmas, then topped off with New Year’s. If you ask me, this season is defined in one word “perfect”.
A season is not one event—it’s a series of events—and God, who’s outside of time, determined this season from the beginning of time to put men in remembrance of Him.1
The season starts with thankfulness. It reminds me of Psalm 100:4-5: Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Thankfulness is the way to start the final season of the year. And as the old gives way to the new, our thanksgiving is followed by the celebration of Christmas, where we rejoice in all the gifts we give and receive. As believers we know the greatest gift of all is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
This December 25th, we will celebrate, as many generations have before us, the relationship with God and man! How Jesus came to Earth to restore humanity’s friendship with heaven.
“Joy to the world, the Lord has come.
Let Earth receive Her King”
(Luke 2:10-11)
The final stop in this season will be the introduction into a New Year— where we leave the old behind and enter into the new.
Do you see it? Can you clearly envision the steps from one season into the next?
1) Thanksgiving…
2) Celebration…
3) New Season…
This is God’s designed plan for all of our lives!! It’s heaven’s strategy, to keep us in a progressive movement, upward into Christ.
As you and your family worship together during this glorious season, Missy and I and the BelieversWay team will have you in our hearts, knowing that Jesus is the bond that holds all things together.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
1 Romans 1:20
Posted on
Thursday, December 17, 2009
by Scott Johnson