Lord Come!!!

On Christmas Eve 2009 I ponder the thought that our God sent His son to earth. Wow, to fathom what that really means just blows me away.

 

I am listening to music as I sit here with lyrics like, “…a God in outer space doesn’t mean anything to me, So would you come….” And “…come like You promised You would…”. These are heart cries of a Christian that longs to be with our Lord and creator. He did promise he would return for us and the bible speaks of this many times. I personally can’t wait for that day! But, as I sit and think of Christmas I can’t help but think about the fact that He did come…. He came to people that were waiting desperately for their Savior to come. The only problem was that they looked right past Him. He didn’t fit their mold or paradigm of what their Savior was supposed to be, in their minds at least.

 

This leads me to think of what I expect Christ to be in my life. Are  my expectations looking past who He really is? As I celebrate this Christmas I pray that Christ would reveal Himself to me and reshape my expectations of Him. I have a feeling that if I can truly see my Savior for who He really is, I won’t be able to stay the way I am.

 

God, wash away all that I think or pretend to know of You. Take captive every thought or imagination of who I think you are. Replace my selfish desires of You with Truth.

 

John 8:19-23

19Then they asked him, "Where is your father?"  "You do not know me or my Father," Jesus replied. "If you knew me, you would know my Father also." 20He spoke these words while teaching in the temple area near the place where the offerings were put. Yet no one seized him, because his time had not yet come.  21Once more Jesus said to them, "I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come."  22This made the Jews ask, "Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, 'Where I go, you cannot come'?"  23But he continued, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. 24I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am the one I claim to be,[a] you will indeed die in your sins."

 

 

 Steven