This Christmas time we have remembered again that God’s Son came to earth as a baby so that everyone who believes in Him might have life. And not any life; eternal life starting right now in the presence of God! Jesus’ birth is celebrated each year as it means that God Himself (I AM) did something we could never do: provide the way, not a way, for us to be reconciled with and have access to God the Father. We cannot be forgiven and accepted into the holy presence of God on our own, we need Jesus!

This verse is often overlooked because of its flagrant exclusivity. Jesus is claiming to be the truth out of all the other “truths” out there! But “Truth by definition excludes” (Ravi Zacharias, Jesus among other gods).

I trust this Christmas has been a time when we shared without shame the name of Jesus and the hope that He brings with our colleagues, our friends and our family. May God help us to share boldly the joyful news that comes with Jesus’ birth! We are blessed in Christ: in Him we are saved, redeemed, forgiven, and adopted as God’s sons (Eph. 1).

Father God, thank you for blessing me in Christ.
Thank you for giving me new life.
Please give me a deeper desire to know You better Lord, so that
I might live a life that pleasesYou.
Bring renewed hope and joy in you to all of Your children this Christmas.

Amen!

Susan Buchan