The Wonder and Meaning of Christmas
The Biblical account of the birth
of Jesus Christ is the greatest story ever told. It has greater ramifications
than any other event in history – even greater than creation itself, as
creation and all therein is the work of His hands. No one can concoct a story
so sweet and simple, yet so majestic and consequential. Jesus represents the
fullness of all that God is and loves. Yet in this story, we see the awesome
Prince of Heaven subjected to the meanest of earthly circumstances. We witness
the greatest humiliation imaginable, as the Son of God Himself takes on the
likeness of an infant – an infant whose parents do not even rate a decent room
at the local Bethlehem Inn! A barn or a cave sufficed as the hospital room where
the King of the Universe was born, and a crate filled with straw meant for
feeding cattle was His crib. The little King was wrapped in strips of rags, as
the Most High and Most Worthy gladly became the
least of these.
And so this story illustrates the
most poignant and stunning display of agape
that only God in His infinite wisdom can give. We do well to turn our faces
away from the world and its obsession with the worthless, and to gaze upon the
beauty of the Bible’s revelation of Christmas and its true meaning. May each of
us find ourselves in the holy narrative, as the Christ child truly came for
every one of us who hears the message today, and His birth should be celebrated
with the same blessed thanks, wonder, and expectation of the angels who proclaimed
His coming some 2000 years ago!
"Glory to God in the
highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!" (Luke 2:14)
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