Merry Christmas 2020!
With all the gift buying and giving, amidst the laughter and joy of family coming together, I stop to reflect on what Christmas means to me. As I reflect on the Scriptures, my mind lingers on the thought that our Lord God is a PROMISE KEEPER.
I mull over the fact that Christmas is the celebration of the fact that God kept the promise that he made to the serpent, Satan – that old dragon, deceiver, and adversary of God and God’s children. God promised Satan that the seed of the Woman would bruise the head of the serpent and the serpent would only bruise the heel of the woman’s seed. – Genesis 3:15
Christmas is a reminder that “God is not a man, that He should tell or act a lie, neither the son of man, that He should feel repentance or compunction [for what He has promised]. Has He said and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken and shall He not make it good?” – Numbers 23:19 (AMPC)
Christmas reminds us that what God promises “awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it lingers, [we should] wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.” – Habakkuk 2:3 (NIV)
At Christmas, we celebrate that “when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Because [we] are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” – Galatians 4: 4-6
Christmas reminds us that, although the Woman was deceived, the Lord God did not cast her off forever, but used women to participate in His plans to bring what He promised to pass. Women like Eve, Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathseba – all women with a tainted history – were include as participants just as women like Elisabeth, Mary and Anna – women viewed as pious and God-fearing.
Christmas teaches us that the Lord God used women of all ages and of diverse educational, socioeconomic and religious backgrounds to be involved in His plan. He was inclusive of all of us because, He loves Woman and wanted her to not be excluded from His promise and act of redemption. Finally, Christmas reminds us of God’s love for His creation, His love – “not willing that any should perish, but that all (both male and female) should come to repentance.” – 2 Peter 3:9 (KJV)
Amidst all of the hustle and bustle this Christmas, I pause to remember that there is nothing that I have done that can separate me from God’s love. His promise still stands. If I would just turn to Him and confess my sins, He is faithful and just to forgive me and will cleanse me from all unrighteousness – 1 John 1:9 (KJV). If I would just “believe in (trust in, cling to, rely on) Him, [I] shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life; abundant life – John 3:16; 10:10b (AMPC).
Friends, this Christmas, be encouraged that what the Lord God has promised you WILL come to pass. He has not forgotten you. He is working all things, all circumstances, your joys and sorrows, your pleasures and pain, and your successes and failures to bring about that which He has promised. Lift your eyes to the heavens and lift your voice declaring, Glory to God in the Highest! You do all things well! You are my Promise Keeper and your promises are yea and Amen!
Now go and have a cheerful and lively Christmas 2020!!
DIG DEEPER:
Bible Study – God Keeps His Promises
Prayer Room – Christmas Prayer