Christmas is such a wonderful time of the year! It is a great time to tell people about Jesus. Everything points to Him. From the evergreen representing Eternal life to Holly representing the crown of thorns and death of Jesus. Even the music playing in the background when you shop, often times is about Jesus. It’s an easy thing to say to someone. “I love that song” It reminds me of…..” It is also a great time to invite people to your church to celebrate the Birth of Christ. This past Sunday night was spectacular. People were asking how it could possibly get any better. Great job Adult, Youth, Children’s choirs and Orchestra. You truly led us into the Christmas spirit. Thank you Keith for your hard work and dedication to pull off a great evangelical worship service through song.
We are thrilled to have Dr. Huff as our interim pastor. His message this past week from Isaiah 9:6, “For unto us a son is born, unto us a son is given and the government will be upon His shoulders and His name shall be called WONDERFUL, COUNSELOR, THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER, THE PRINCE OF PEACE.” Although we have read, memorized and sang this song a million times, have we ever really thought to break it down into its basic words? Sure we knew it was WONDERFUL or WONDERFUL COUNSELOR. We may have even prayed those names over people, but have you ever thought, really thought about Jesus being WONDERFUL. Think of some things that we would consider wonderful. All those things combined cannot compare to the Wonder of Jesus. The thought that God came down to earth as a man is mind boggling. The Youth did a skit concerning just that. The skit was about God telling Jesus that He was going to have to go to earth to be a sacrifice so that the sins of he world could be forgiven. Of course Jesus was compliant and in agreement. Then they switched it up. What if we were asked to leave heavens glory to become just a tiny insignificant human, in an insignificant human on earth to die for all mankind? The person playing the part of us made all kind of excuses from “I’m comfortable where I am” to “They don’t deserve us helping them.” It was humorous but also eye opening. What excuses do we give for not asking our friends, coworkers and fellow students to church. We have a lot of excuses. If we are hesitant or unwilling to invite lost people to church, then I don’t think we would be willing to die for them or change any of our comfortable ways for them.
My prayer for the rest of this Christmas season and new year is that God will lead people into my path and that I will be brave and bold enough to invite them to church. This Christmas season, make sure you share how the creator of the universe came to earth to save us from our sins.