Saturday Reading: John 3:16-17
Key Verse: John 3:17
17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him.
Devotion:
As our pastor reminded us in our service on Christmas day, we celebrate Christ’s birth every year but the real reason why He came to live amongst men was so that He could save us from our sins. We do celebrate His birth because it was the day that our Saviour arrived on earth for is 30 odd years ministry to us all. Every day we hear from God through just about everything in life that He does for us and yet how often do we remember to thank Him for all He does? Every year we celebrate Christmas by giving presents to others just as God gave us the most wonderful gift that we could ever imagine. Every year we thank those that give us gifts for all that they give us and all that they do for us – yet how often do we thank Christ for what He personally came to do?
God sent His only begotten Son into this world so that He would be able to save us from the sin death that we face. This is not saving us from a physical & earthly death but from an everlasting spiritual death. What would you think of having Christmas every day – not the extravagant consumption of just about anything and everything but rather the love that is shared through companionship; that hug you may get once a year; that present to say “I was thinking of you”. Imagine being able to enjoy that every day for the rest of your life. That cannot compare to the joy that we will receive in Heaven with Christ but it will allow us to stop and think...
That is what God has done for us and continues to remind us of all the time. He has made our eternal security absolute! He demonstrates His absolute love all the time. Let us therefore aim to do something different this coming year. Let us aim to live for Christ. Let us aim to remember what He does for us. Let us aim to thank Him every day for all that He has accomplished for each one of us.
Points to Ponder:
Did you have a special Christmas?
Are you keeping God in your life?
