Friday, December 25, 2020
“Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host
appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, ‘Blory to God in the highest
and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.’”
Luke 2:13
God is just amazing! The Bible teaches us that in the councils of the ages, God planned to send Jesus to earth to rescue man, this marvelous creature whom he’d made and with whom he’d been pleased at his creation. The man had “goofed” badly, and seldom had done as he was instructed – for 2000 years. Yet God has a plan to redeem his creature, and he sends his Son – who willingly goes – to the planet where all the rebellious creatures live. And he does all this knowing that his Son is going to be horribly mistreated and sacrificed! And all because God loves his creatures.
We believe this, but we’ll never understand it!
And when the day comes for the baby to be born, God’s angels have a huge celebration and fill the world with songs of praise to a loving God who would bring such a plan to pass.
God makes a plan in which he knows he is going to suffer hell, and his own angels sing glory to his name! Today we join the angels because we know this baby and the peace the angels sang about, the peace the world still does not understand.
Father, your thought are indeed higher than ours, and in faith we receive your beautiful Christmas gift. Amen.
Tell Me About the Christmas Baby:
An Advent Devotional
Guide
prepared for First United Methodist Church of Homosassa, Florida
Winter 2010
by Patience Nave, Christian Education Coordinator
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